Now for football. Stage set for Russia’s Confederations Cup kick off amid human rights and ticketing concerns

By Samindra Kunti in St Petersburg, Russia

June 16 – With the Confederations Cup set to kick off tomorrow with hosts Russia facing New Zealand in the newly completed Kreztovsky stadium in St Petersburg, CEO of the Local Organising Committee Alexei Sorokin said they could not find corroboration of the “alarming” allegations made in the Human Rights Watch (HRW) report into construction workers’ conditions at World Cup stadium sites.  Meanwhile, stadia are slowing filling though there are still 7,000 tickets for the opening game.

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