The head of Russia’s Premier League is not particularly happy with all the new stadiums the hosts have built for the World Cup. All the others are open to the elements and Premier League chief Sergei Pryadkin is not pleased. But these are now used solely for training because the Premier League — looking to adopt international standards — only allows games on real grass. Nearly 14,000 spectators showed up to an average Russian Premier League match. Pryadkin sounded generally disgruntled with the way the World Cup’s football legacy was shaping up.

Source: Punch May 28, 2018 13:41 UTC