"Baseball bats enjoy great popularity in Moscow, although this sport is not very widespread in the capital. Sports stores rarely have baseball balls or gloves, but bats are always presented in wide variety of sizes." // source
worldcup host
So Russia gets the 2018 World Cup. Just think: terrible communications, lousy food, bad hotels, awful service, ludicrous prices and an aggressive drinking culture – thank goodness England didn't win. // Simon Hoggart's week, The Guardian, Dec.5 2010