Soccer: Russia’s Mutko steps down as head of World Cup organizing committee

FILE PHOTO: Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko speaks during a news conference after the Russian Football Union's executive committee meeting in Moscow, Russia December 25, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei KarpukhinRussian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko, who was banned for life from the Olympics this month, stepped down from his post as head of Russia’s World Cup Local Organizing Committee yesterday, December 27. Accordingly Alexei Sorokin, the committee’s chief executive, will take on Mutko’s responsibilities from here within. Russia is hosting next year’s soccer World […]

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