Posted on 10/28/2014 4:34:53 PM PDT by goldstategop
MOSCOW, October 28. /TASS/. Russia’s official emblem of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, to be unveiled late on Tuesday night in Moscow, reflects the soul and heart of Russia, Sepp Blatter, the president of the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA), said.
The official emblem of the 2018 World Cup will be unveiled late on Tuesday night in the Russian capital during the Evening Urgant television talk show by FIFA President Blatter and Secretary General Jerome Valcke, jointly with Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko, who is also the chairman of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) and Fabio Cannavaro, captain of Italy’s 2006 World Cup winning side. The ceremony is scheduled to kick off at 11:30pm Moscow time.
Blatter, who is currently on a visit to Moscow, said he had already seen the emblem and liked it very much as it reflected the soul and heart of Russia, as well the country’s cultural traditions. Gallery 11 photo © TASS/Vladimir Smirnov, Mikhail Metzel, Valeriy Sharifulin
“Winning the right to host the FIFA World Cup was a dream come true for millions of Russians,” Mutko was quoted by FIFA official website as describing the emblem earlier this month. “To creatively capture the essence of this remarkable historic moment, inspiration was drawn from both Russia’s rich artistic tradition and its history of bold achievement and innovation.”
“I hope that fans around the world will appreciate and love the Russia 2018 Emblem,” Mutko added.
Russia won the bid to host the 2018 World Cup over three years ago in a tight race against the joint bid from England, Portugal and Spain and the joint bid on behalf of Belgium and the Netherlands.
Shortly before Brazil’s fabulous city of Rio de Janeiro dropped the curtains on the 2014 World Cup with the final Germany-Argentina clash on July 13, the baton of the global football tournament’s hosting nations was passed on to Russia.
The symbolic hand-over ceremony of the right to host the World Cup tournament was held at the iconic 74,700-seat capacity Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro and was attended by FIFA President Blatter, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In August, Putin said that the number of 12 stadiums in a total of 11 cities selected to host the World Cup would not be changed.
Russia selected 11 host cities to be the venues for the matches of the 2018 World Cup, and they are Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sochi, Kazan, Saransk, Kaliningrad, Volgograd, Rostov-on-Don, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg and Samara.
The matches of the 2018 World Cup will be held at 12 stadiums located in the 11 mentioned above cities across Russia. Two of the stadiums are located in the Russian capital.
What is it?
Weirdest Hammer and Sickle I've ever seen.
From the 2018 Organizing Committee’s press release is the following description:
“To creatively capture the essence of this remarkable historic moment inspiration was drawn from both Russia’s rich artistic tradition and its history of bold achievement and innovation. Above all, Russia’s pioneering in space was a truly captivating theme,” says the release.
According to the authors of the idea, “The shape of the Official Emblem of the 2018 FIFA World Cup takes on the universally-recognisable outline of the FIFA World Cup Official Trophy, while the bold use of red, gold, black and blue in the Emblem’s colour palette was inspired by centuries-old techniques seen in world-renowned Russian art dating back to the earliest Icon paintings.”
“The Magic Ball at the top of the Emblem puts the world’s love of football into the spotlight. And the components of the Emblem taken together blend unique attributes of the FIFA World Cup and of Russia as host nation. It unites magic and dreams as the FIFA World Cup will do for millions of fans in 2018,” the release says.
Looks like a disease strain under a microscope.
I think this better reflects the "Soul and Heart" of today's Soviet Union.
“We saved money by using metals from some Malaysian plane we shot down. “
Sickle is on top, with the hammer just beneath it.(x_x)
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