LONDON (Reuters) - Russia will still stage the 2018 World Cup finals despite the continuing blight of racism in the country's football, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Sunday.
Asked at a media round table event if Russia risked losing the World Cup, Blatter replied: "We have never said we will take the competition out of the country. That is impossible.
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