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FIFA head Sepp Blatter met Russian President...
of the sport in Russia, as well as regret that the national team had not made it to this summer"s World Cup finals. Russia, Euro 2008 semi-finalists, were surprisingly knocked out in the play-offs for the 2010 World Cup by Slovenia.While Russia is officially bidding for either the 2018 or 2022 tournament, FIFA"s continent rotation policy means that Europe is likely to host the event four years after Brazil in 2014.
Russia has seven competitors to host the 2018 World Cup, including England, Australia and joint bids from Belgium and the Netherlands and Spain and Portugal. A decision on the hosts for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments will be made in December.
MOSCOW, January 22 (RIA Novosti)
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