Following the success of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, football returns to Russia this year as St Petersburg co-hosts the UEFA Euro 2020 tournament. In fact, no fewer than 12 cities have been selected for the honour of staging matches.…
Football: Russia’s story
120 years ago this month, on 24th October 1897, the first football match to take place on Russian soil was held in St Petersburg. It was a local derby between the football players’ circle of the Vasileostrovski district and the…
Visit Russia for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
Football fans are eagerly awaiting the start of the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, due to kick off in June. Russia plays host to teams from across the globe in this prestigious warm-up event to the 2018 FIFA World Cup, also…