By Duncan Mackay
November 20 – St Petersburg will host the opening match and final of the 2017 Confederations Cup, the warm-up tournament for the following year’s World Cup in Russia, it has been announced.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 19 – Russian authorities have promised to clamp down on hooliganism and beef up security after the latest alarming outbreak of fan violence that has shocked the country and cast a dark shadow over its credibility as hosts of the 2018 World Cup.
By Duncan Mackay
November 13 – A Russian builder was killed today after a crane collapsed at the construction site of the 2018 FIFA World Cup stadium in Kazan, local authorities said.
By Duncan Mackay
November 6 – A new set of draconian legislation to help fight corruption and match-fixing in football is being introduced by the Russian Government.
By Duncan Mackay
November 6 – Samara is to build its stadium for the 2018 World Cup on a different site to the one approved by FIFA, it has been revealed.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 9 – Russia 2018 has reiterated plans to scrap visa requirements for fans – provided they have FIFA World Cup tickets.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 8 – Fans of Russian Premier League club Kuban Krasnodar have written to both Russian President Vladimir Putin and FIFA boss Sepp Blatter protesting that their city was not chosen as one of the host venues for the 2018 World Cup.
By David Gold
October 5 – Saransk in Russia is gearing up to be transformed for the FIFA World Cup in 2018, with $2 billion (£1.2 billion/€1.5 billion) set to be invested in what is the smallest city hosting matches during the tournament.
By David Gold
October 2 – Dynamo Moscow’s new stadium may be reduced in size after it was not selected to stage FIFA World Cup matches in 2018.
By Duncan Mackay
September 30 – Russia will spend a projected $19.2 million (£11.9 billion/€14.9 billion) on getting ready to host the FIFA World Cup in 2018, the country’s Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko revealed today.
By David Gold
September 29 – Fans attending the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup could spend whole days or more travelling after the confirmation tonight that Kaliningrad and Yekaterinburg are among the 11 cities chosen to host matches.
By David Gold
September 20 – The battle is heating up between the two Moscow stadiums competing to join the Luzhniki as a host venue of FIFA World Cup matches in 2018.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 19 – Five Russian cities are nervously waiting to see whether they will miss the cut in the race to be selected to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
By David Gold
September 12 – Two cities will be dropped from the list of 13 in contention to host FIFA 2018 World Cup matches, Vitaly Mutko, the Russian Sports Minister has confirmed.
By David Gold
September 4 – Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has launched a blistering attack on the construction efforts for a new stadium in St Petersburg for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.