This year's tournament is held between June 17 and July 2 at four stadiums in Russian Federation and they are Spartak Stadium in Moscow, St. Petersburg Stadium, Fisht Stadium in Sochi and the Kazan Arena in Kazan.
This year's tournament is held between June 17 and July 2 at four stadiums in Russian Federation and they are Spartak Stadium in Moscow, St. Petersburg Stadium, Fisht Stadium in Sochi and the Kazan Arena in Kazan.
The FIFA president will attend the official opening ceremony, which is scheduled to begin at 16:00 local time (1 p.m. GMT) at the recently built St. Petersburg Arena and will stay to watch the tournament's first match, which will be played between hosts Russian Federation and New Zealand at 6 p.m. local time.
Anthony Hudson's side are through to the final round of regional World Cup qualifying and will play Solomon Islands in a two-legged play-off, but New Zealand suffered 1-0 defeats to Northern Ireland and Belarus in recent friendlies.
Federation Internationale de Football Association will for the first time also implement a three-step procedure that allow referees to stop matches in the event of racist or discriminatory incidents - a new measure Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko welcomed as the "absolute right decision".
"The infrastructure, hotels, transportation systems - everything's ready". "We're all feeling fearless and will take things on full of optimism".
Key figures such as Alan Dzagoev, Artem Dzyuba and Roman Zobnin are absent from the Confederations Cup through injury while veterans Vasili Berezutski and Sergei Ignashevich have retired. Our team welcomes Russia's president watching our matches.
In a bid to rid the World Cup of gay slurs, Federation Internationale de Football Association will get tough with Latin American fans in Russia.
"The game didn't go how we wanted", he said afterwards.
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Cherchesov hinted that world champions Germany or European champions Portugal were clear favorites for the Confederations Cup, which brings together the World Cup winners, continental championship winners and the next World Cup hosts.
"It is the experience and knowledge that will be of enormous value for 2018". Russian Federation have also been paired with European champions Portugal and Mexico in Group A, two teams with significant pedigree and better squads.
"We do not see any big problems here", said Mukto, who heads the World Cup organizing committee.
One of the most common time-wasting tactics used by teams holding a narrow lead is for a player to be substituted and then leave the field slowly, stopping to shake hands with opponents and match officials along the way. "He's been playing this game for several years, I'm just starting".
Russian authorities insist there is nearly no chance of a repeat as police have cracked down on suspected troublemakers with a barrage of searches, detentions and criminal probes.
Some 191 fans have been put on a blacklist banning them from games and legislation has been introduced to toughen up punishments and deport foreign hooligans.
Russia's opening goal had an ugly finish after two pretty pieces of individual skill once the All-Whites defense needlessly lost the ball.
With two goals on the board, Russia's midfield stopped taking risks and New Zealand struggled to create counter-attacking chances.
As hosts of the World Cup, Russia have also qualified automatically for the 2017 Confederations Cup, an honour which they will also benefit from in 12 months' time.
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