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Russia budget for 2018 Fifa World Cup nearly doubles | Russia budget for 2018 Fifa World Cup nearly doubles |
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Russia has revealed that its preliminary budget for holding the 2018 World Cup is almost twice what it projected when it won the bid in 2010. | Russia has revealed that its preliminary budget for holding the 2018 World Cup is almost twice what it projected when it won the bid in 2010. |
Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko announced a budget of 600bn roubles (£12bn; $19bn), nearly 40% of which will go into building or renovating stadiums. | Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko announced a budget of 600bn roubles (£12bn; $19bn), nearly 40% of which will go into building or renovating stadiums. |
The rest of the money will be spent on transport and hotel infrastructure. | The rest of the money will be spent on transport and hotel infrastructure. |
Russia beat off rival bids from England and other EU states to host the world's highest-profile single sports event. | Russia beat off rival bids from England and other EU states to host the world's highest-profile single sports event. |
Mr Mutko said the costs were expected to be split evenly between the public and private sectors. | Mr Mutko said the costs were expected to be split evenly between the public and private sectors. |
Eleven host cities have been chosen which span the European part of Russia: Moscow (with two of the 12 stadiums), St Petersburg, Sochi, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Kaliningrad, Volgograd and Saransk. | Eleven host cities have been chosen which span the European part of Russia: Moscow (with two of the 12 stadiums), St Petersburg, Sochi, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Kaliningrad, Volgograd and Saransk. |
Speaking at the same news conference in Moscow, Fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke said that, based on the Russian bid, the quality of the stadiums would be "amazing". | Speaking at the same news conference in Moscow, Fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke said that, based on the Russian bid, the quality of the stadiums would be "amazing". |
Fifa president Sepp Blatter, for his part, said football was expanding all the time. | Fifa president Sepp Blatter, for his part, said football was expanding all the time. |
"[Can] you imagine that actually we had a representative of Syria in the Fifa committees last week and they play football in Syria?" he said in Moscow, speaking as fighting raged in Aleppo and other Syrian cities. | "[Can] you imagine that actually we had a representative of Syria in the Fifa committees last week and they play football in Syria?" he said in Moscow, speaking as fighting raged in Aleppo and other Syrian cities. |
"Perhaps not now in Aleppo, but they play football in Syria," he said. | "Perhaps not now in Aleppo, but they play football in Syria," he said. |
"Do you know that in Afghanistan they have a league playing football? Everywhere football is played. Football gives people the hope and football connects these people." | "Do you know that in Afghanistan they have a league playing football? Everywhere football is played. Football gives people the hope and football connects these people." |
Mr Blatter stressed again that it was the first time the World Cup was coming "to the eastern part of Europe". | Mr Blatter stressed again that it was the first time the World Cup was coming "to the eastern part of Europe". |
Russia won the 2018 bid over England and two joint bids by Portugal and Spain, and Belgium and the Netherlands. |