Russia: FIFA World Cup goes on display in St. Petersburg

Hundreds of football fans crammed into Dvortsovaya Square in St. Petersburg for the chance to see the World Cup on Saturday. Alexei Sorokin, the head of the organizing committee of the World Cup 2018, announced that the championship is to be played under the motto; “the dream is being born here.” The presentation of the World Cup took place a week before the preliminary drawing for the championship, which will also be held in Saint-Petersburg in the coming days. The FIFA World Cup was designed by Italian sculptor Silvio Gazzaniga, who was commissioned to make the cup for the 1974 iteration of the tournament. The trophy shall be displayed in St. Petersburg over the next two days.