On Wednesday, July 11, the FIFA Football Park will be stage for a very special encounter. Nine FIFA Legends and three famous Russian players will meet for a spectacular game at Red Square in Moscow. The match will kick off at 12.00h noon. The line-ups are as follows: Team A …
Read More »2018 World Cup Winner’s trophy on display at the FIFA World Football Museum exhibition in Moscow!
The FIFA World Football Museum exhibition “The History Makers” will present the 2018 FIFA World Cup Winner’s Trophy for the entire day Sunday, July 8. The trophy will be displayed alongside the replica of the Jules Rimet Cup at the Hyundai Motorstudio, on New Arbat Avenue in Moscow. Since June …
Read More »FIFA Foundation Festival shows power of football to change lives!
For some people, playing football completes them. Just ask 16-year-old Abu Sesey from Freetown who tragically lost his right leg when he was five years old during a conflict in his native Sierra Leone, “Football is what I love. When I’m playing, I feel complete. I feel like I have …
Read More »FIFA Foundation Festival tournament on 30 June at Red Square!
The FIFA Foundation Festival is taking place in Moscow from June 23 to July 3 and brings 48 non-governmental organisations together from 38 countries that work year-round to make a positive difference through football. The football tournament at Red Square on June 30 will see the culmination of the festival …
Read More »Representatives of the global sports industry attend Sport and Future conference!
During the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, the international conference Sport and the Future will take place in Moscow, starting on June 29. The event will gather over 300 representatives from international sporting organisations, leading experts on worldwide sports and the heads of international and national football associations, leagues …
Read More »Get Inside Nike’s Dynamic Sport Center in Moscow, the Nike BOX Msk!
Designed by KOSMOS Architects (a virtual architectural office with partners based in Geneva, Moscow and New York City), Nike BOX Msk is a 4,685-square-meter site in Gorky Park that includes an outdoor football court inspired by the traditional Russian korobka. These courtyard cages form the heart of Russian football, where …
Read More »2018 FIFA World Cup – Group A: Russia rout Saudi Arabia 5-0 in opener!
The 2018 FIFA World Cup kicked-off on Thursday, June 14 evening with hosts Russia defeating Saudi Arabia 5-0 in the opening match at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. Russia dominated the proceedings right from kick-off against a Saudi Arabian team, which had its difficulties to handle the pressure of having …
Read More »Dalian Wanda celebrates FIFA World Cup moment by bringing underprivileged children to Moscow!
Official FIFA Partner Dalian Wanda Group is bringing six children from a poverty-stricken area in China to the 2018 FIFA World Cup opening game as the FIFA Flag Bearers in the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia. All six children are from Danzhai, a county in Southwest China where Wanda has …
Read More »Natalia Vodianova & Iker Casillas to accompany the official FIFA World Cup Trophy Travel Case designed by Louis Vuitton!
A few minutes before Russia and Saudi Arabia kick-off the 2018 FIFA World Cup this Thursday, June 14 at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium, FIFA Legend and 2010 FIFA World Cup winner Iker Casillas will bring on to the pitch the FIFA World Cup Original Trophy in its newly designed travel case …
Read More »Nestor Pitana to referee the Opening Match of 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia!
Argentina’s Nestor Pitana has been assigned as the referee for the Opening Match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup between hosts Russia and Saudi Arabia on Thursday, June 12 at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. He will be assisted by compatriots Juan Pablo Bellati and Hernan Maidana, with Sandro Ricci …
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