MOSCOW, September 29 (Itar-Tass) —— Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Rostov, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Sochi and Kazan were named on Saturday, September 29, to host the FIFA World Cup 2018.

Other candidates include Moscow, Kaliningrad, Saransk, Volgograd, Yaroslavl, and Krasnodar.