English soccer fan Graham Kentsley's boat is seen in a pier in Volgograd, Russia June 18, 2018. REUTERS/Staff
VOLGOGRAD, Russia (Reuters) - Fewer England fans made the journey to watch their team's first World Cup match in Russia than some expected, but one made a special effort, sailing from Bulgaria to Volgograd in a yacht.
It took Graham Kentsley, originally from St Albans in Hertfordshire, just over five weeks to make the around 2,000 kilometre (1,243 miles) journey, which he timed so that he would arrive in good time for England's first World Cup match against Tunisia in the southern Russia city of Volgograd.
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