Shortly before the 2014 World Cup concluded on Sunday night in Brazil’s fabulous city of Rio de Janeiro, the baton of the global football tournament’s hosting nations was passed on to Russia, where the next world tournament will be held in 2018.
The symbolic hand-over ceremony of the right to host the World Cup tournament was held at the iconic over 74,700-seat capacity Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro and was attended by Sepp Blatter, the president of the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA), Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Blatter presented both the Russian and Brazilian leaders with the officially signed certificates marking the hand-over of the World Cup from Brazil to Russia, the official FIFA website reported. Rousseff and Putin also received official World Cup footballs and signed them.
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