Soccer Football - World Cup - Final - France v Croatia - Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia - July 15, 2018 Croatia's Mario Mandzukic scores an own goal and the first for France. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski/Pool
When France beat Croatia 4-2 in the 2018 World Cup final in Moscow, it marked a second triumph for the French, and the culmination of more than 18 months of planning by Reuters to cover the world's biggest sporting match.
The Summer and Winter Olympics feature more events and require a larger reporting budget, but the sheer size of Russia and its 11 host cities - from the exclave of Kaliningrad in the west to Ekaterinburg in the east - made the month-long World Cup tournament the most complex sporting event to cover logistically in the history of Reuters, said Declan Niall, editorial logistics manager for Reuters in Europe and the Middle East.
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