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By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
September 7 - Russia's Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has today blamed the British media for the racism row that is threatening to overshadow his country's bid to host the 2018 World Cup and claimed that there was corruption in England, an allegation that draw could draw the attention of FIFA watchdogs.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
September 6 - Former Chelsea midfielder Alexei Smertin has denied fears his country's World Cup bid is at the centre of a dirty tricks campaign being waged by the UK media.
By Duncan Mackay
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
September 2 - Racism is not endemic in Russian football and should not stop the country being awarded the 2018 World Cup, the bid's chief executive Alexei Sorokin claimed today - but was contradicted by Peter Odemwingie, the Nigerian player whose treatment has sparked the latest controversy.
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