The BBC should have spoken out more about Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and its human rights record when the country hosted the World Cup in 2018, said Gary Lineker, the broadcaster’s ...

In November 2021, Russian soccer players celebrated at a qualification match for the 2022 World Cup. The team was later banned from the competition. Olga Maltseva/Getty Images ...

The last World Cup they competed in was the 2018 tournament, which Russia hosted. They also contested the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, eliminated in the group stage, while failing to qualify for 2010 ...

fifa world cup qatar 2022™ tournament highlights Averaged 3,588,000 viewers across 64 matches on FOX and FS1, up +30% vs. Russia 2018 (2,770,000) The tournament amassed 2.75 billion streaming ...