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A few months ago it was announced that fans attending the upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup are going to need special identity cards.

This is expected to help solve some issues that have been popping out in recent tournaments involving extreme violence between the supporters who are going to matches.

“Fan-ID is a must for all spectators, it’s a rule. All fans are required to have the identification passport, which will allow our foreign guests to visit Russia without having to obtain a visa,” the Russian Deputy Sports Minister Natalia Parshikova said.

During the 2016 UEFA European Championship which was held in France, there was a frightening event that occurred after supporters of England and Russia broke out in fights while a match between those national sides was taking place.

This resulted with Russia receiving a fine of €150,000 as well as getting a suspension disqualification from UEFA as it was their own fans which appeared to have initiated this disastrous incident.

The host of next year’s World Cup Russia is set for a pleasant showdown as the date draws near.

There are still construction deadlines and worry about the security situation but the CEO of the local organizing committee Alexei Sorokin says all is well.

Sorokin said the nation was excited when FIFA announced them the hosts of the tournament as it was the first time the event would hold in Eastern Europe. He says Russia would be happy to host the rest of the world next year.

He says that the rest of the world would get this feel from this year when they host the Confederations Cup. Sorokin says the four cities – Moscow, St Petersburg, Kazan and Sochi – were ready to receive the large inflow of tourists already.

The 2018 edition of the World Cup is scheduled to kick-off on June 14 of the upcoming year and it has recently been announced that Kremlin will be the location where the World Cup finals draw is going to take place.

“The final draw for the 2018 World Cup has been scheduled for December 1, and we have offered the Kremlin as the venue for this event. This proposal suited the FIFA and we are already in preparations for the Draw’’ The Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Mefvedev and The President of the Rusian Football Union VitalyMutko confirmed.

Russia is getting ready for the 2018 World Cup as they will be serving as the hosts and FIFA is scheduled to visit the host nation on February 27 as well as March 2 in order to evaluate and check up on 4 Russian cities and stadium conditions that is going to be used for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Argentina’s hope of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup suffered a major blow as apex football body FIFA ordered Bolivia to forfeit two World Cup qualifying games for fielding an ineligible player.

The ruling is one that favours current Copa America champions and Argentina’s archrival, Chile. The move is a major blow to the qualification hopes of the South American giant.

FIFA announced on Tuesday, November 1 2016 that the goalless draw Bolivia played against Chile and the 2-0 triumph over Peru in September are automatically 3-0 losses due to their actions. The two points gain lifts Chile to fifth place. They share the same points and goals’ difference with Argentina in the CONMEBOL World Cup 2018 qualifying standings. Chile were on a tight rope but a fifth place end for them means they would enter a play-off against a team from Oceania to get a chance to play in Russia.

Michael Ballack advises Bastian Schweinsteiger not to wait for another couple of years for his farewell in national colours and to say goodbye to his Germany career right away for his own sake.

Ballack reckons the body of the playmaker has gone through a lot in the recent times and maybe now it can’t cope with the amount of Football he has been playing for the last decade or so.

Schweinsteiger has to diminish the stress on his body and for that, leaving international Football is a good option for him especially now with Germany missing out on Euro within two years’ of the World Cup triumphant and he himself being one of the major disappointments in that. Taking such a step would also help him play the game at the club level for a longer period.

According to Ballack, Schweinsteiger would not want a situation where he finds out that his usefulness in the squad is getting questioned by his teammates themselves. It would be pretty undeserving for a personality like him. He should instead take a proud exit and it can happen if he opts for it at the present moment. If he remains in the set up, it is going to be no good for him.

There are media reports that Chris Coleman has agreed on a contract extension that will see the Wales manager stay until the 2018 World Cup.

His contract was due to expire after the Euros, but the Wales Federation has managed to convince the manager to stay beyond this date.

Chris Coleman has managed to take Wales to their first international tournament since 1958 will be hoping that he can accomplish the same thing and take his team to the 2018 World Cup.

There were reports however that Coleman has demanded change from the Football Association of Wales before committing to staying with the national team. He wanted changes in the way the teams work as he does not want only a one-off campaign. Chris Coleman believes that Wales has the potential to achieve great things on the footballing scenes, but they need changes in the way the team is prepared.