ZURICH (AFP) – Russias sports minister Vitaly Mutko on Thursday hit back at calls for a boycott of the 2018 World Cup that his country will host.The world sports community is very negative about ideas of boycotting a sports event, said Mutko at FIFAs headquarters.Boycotts never have any result, with the exception that athletes prepare half their lives and do not have the opportunity to perform, added the minister, who is a member of the FIFA executive committee.Ukraines President Petro Poroshenko this week called on countries to consider boycotting the 2018 World Cup if Russia does not pull its troops …read more
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