World Cup fans will need special identity cards for matches


  • Football
  • Thursday, 02 Mar 2017

A woman takes a picture at the Otkrytie Arena stadium that will host 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2018 FIFA World Cup matches, in Moscow, Russia October 6, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Fans at next year's World Cup and this year's Confederations Cup in Russia will need special identity cards before they can watch matches, soccer's governing body said Thursday.

Football hooliganism, which had appeared to be waning at major tournaments, has again become a serious concern after Euro 2016 in France, when Russians were in the thick of the action.

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