World Cup: Lord Triesman repeats desire for Russia 2018 boycott
Source: BBC
European teams should "force the issue" of boycotting the 2018 World Cup in Russia, says former Football Association chairman Lord Triesman.
He cited the controversy regarding the process which led to the winning bid and racism issues in Russian football.
"My basic proposition was that Uefa as a whole should do it and the key reason was to force change through Fifa," he told BBC Sport.
"That change has not happened. I think it's worth trying to force the issue."
Fifa's awarding of the 2018 and 2022 tournaments to Russia and Qatar remains the subject of corruption investigations in the United States and Switzerland.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/33663478
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By Vladimir Soldatkin
ST PETERSBURG, Russia - FIFA has passed a resolution offering full support for holding the 2018 World Cup in Russia, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said on Saturday at a meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin.
"I would like to inform you that the executive committee has recently adopted a new resolution in which FIFA assures the Russian Federation of its full support in carrying out the World Cup in Russia in 2018," Blatter said at the meeting in St Petersburg ahead of the preliminary draw.
Blatter announced that he was quitting in June after a major bribery scandal being investigated by U.S., Swiss and other law enforcement agencies that plunged soccer's governing body into the worst crisis in its 111-year history.
The scandal has cast a cloud over the forthcoming World Cups in Russia and Qatar, but Russian officials have dismissed any suggestion Russia could be stripped of the contest.
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