By David Gold at the Inside World Football Forum in Moscow
June 24 – The deputy chief executive and international relations director of Russia’s World Cup 2018 Organising Committee believes money will not be an issue for its preparations for the tournament whilst speaking at the Inside World Football Moscow Forum.
By Andrew Warshaw at the Inside World Football Forum in Moscow
June 24 – Alexey Sorokin, the head of Russia’s 2018 World Cup organisers, insisted today that his country had no idea they had prematurely won the vote back in December despite reports at the time that they knew about the landslide victory well before FIFA President Sepp Blatter opened the proverbial envelope.
By Andrew Warshaw at the Inside World Football Forum in Moscow
June 24 – Brazil’s preparations for the 2014 World Cup came under attack today from FIFA general secretary Jérôme Valcke, who warned the five-time winners of the tournament were lagging behind schedule and were not the best model for 2018 hosts Russia to copy.
By David Gold in Moscow
June 23 – Key delegates from the world of sport will gather here from this evening for the Inside World Football Moscow Forum, with FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke the keynote speaker for the event.
By Andrew Warshaw in Moscow
June 23 – FIFA general-secretary Jerome Valcke, cleared of any wrongdoing over comments he made about Qatar’s 2022 World Cup bid, will once again be the centre of attention when he makes the keynote address tomorrow to the inaugural Inside World Football Moscow forum here in the Russian capital.
By David Gold
June 17 – A number of new speakers have been confirmed for the Inside World Football Moscow Forum, including Valentin Gapanovich (pictured), the senior vice-president of the Russian Railways, who will be giving a presentation at the event.
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By David Owen
June 16 – A FIFA investigation into allegations of corruption linked to the recent Presidential election that saw Joseph Blatter re-elected for a fourth term is understood to have been extended to take in two further Executive Committee members.
By David Gold
June 16 – CSKA Moscow President Evgeny Giner (pictured), who will speak at the Inside World Football Moscow Forum next week, has passionately defended UEFA’s financial fair play initiative.
By David Gold
June 14 – FIFA Director Walter Gagg is among the high profile figures who will be speaking at the Inside World Football Moscow Forum later this month, it has been announced.
By David Gold
June 13 – Tottenham Hotspur executive director Donna Cullen, who will be speaking at the Inside World Football Moscow Forum next week, claims Russia’s Premier League has the potential to become one of the best in Europe.
By David Gold
June 12 – A new session looking at the social impact of the 2018 World Cup on Russia, which will feature a number of high profile speakers including former Russian national team captain Alexey Smertin, has been announced for the Inside World Football Moscow Forum, entitled “The Social Context: Will the World Cup change Russia?”
By David Gold
June 10 – FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke will be giving the keynote speech at the Inside World Football Moscow Forum in Russia later this month, it has been announced today.
By Mihir Bose
June 7 – The last few weeks have hardly been an advertisement for world football with corruption scandals engulfing FIFA but, for Alexey Sorokin, chief executive of the Russian 2018 organising committee, none of this will dim the glory of the World Cup.
By David Gold
June 7 – Diarmuid Crowley, a speaker at this month’s Inside World Football Moscow Forum and Senior Vice-President of global sports, fashion and media organisation IMG, believes Russia is in a better position to take advantage of hosting the World Cup than last year’s hosts South Africa were.
By David Gold
June 6 – Wembley Stadium’s group events director David Thomson, who will be speaking at the Inside World Football Moscow Forum, says that Russia’s new stadia for the 2018 World Cup must be flexible enough to host various types of events if they are to be a success beyond the tournament and provide a lasting legacy for the country.