Russian football elects nation’s Olympic Committee executive director as new head

Nikolai Tolstykh_head_and_shoulders

By David Gold

September 3 – Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) executive director Nikolai Tolstykh has been elected as the new President of the country’s football association and is set to play a leading role in the build-up to the FIFA World Cup there in 2018.

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