$This year’s World Cup in Russia could prove to be a highly fractious affair. Photo: Reuters$ $This year’s World Cup in Russia could prove to be a highly fractious affair. Photo: Reuters$

This year’s World Cup in Russia could prove to be a highly fractious affair. Photo: Reuters

Simon Chadwick

With retaliation talk against Russia rumbling into threats, could there really be a World Cup boycott?

Fifa’s showcase summer festival of football is under threat by the shifting sands of geopolitics and retribution against Russia

Simon Chadwick

Published: 10:30am, 30 Mar, 2018

Updated: 8:33pm, 31 Mar, 2018

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$This year’s World Cup in Russia could prove to be a highly fractious affair. Photo: Reuters$ $This year’s World Cup in Russia could prove to be a highly fractious affair. Photo: Reuters$

This year’s World Cup in Russia could prove to be a highly fractious affair. Photo: Reuters

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