The digital FIFA World Cup 2018 countdown clock
The digital FIFA World Cup 2018 countdown clock placed in front of the Red Square and the Kremlin in Moscow is pictured on September 13, 2017. FIFA announced that ticket sales for the 2018 World Cup will begin on September 14, 2017, nine months to the day ahead of the tournament's kicks off in Russia. The World Cup will be played at 12 venues in 11 Russian cities -- Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Sochi, Kazan, Saransk, Kaliningrad, Volgograd, Rostov-on-Don, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg and Samara. Photo: Mladen ANTONOV / AFP
A photo taken on September 13, 2017 shows the digital FIFA World Cup 2018 countdown clock placed in front of the Red Square and the Kremlin in Moscow. FIFA announced that ticket sales for the 2018 World Cup will begin on September 14, 2017, nine months to the day ahead of the tournament's kicks off in Russia. The World Cup will be played at 12 venues in 11 Russian cities -- Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Sochi, Kazan, Saransk, Kaliningrad, Volgograd, Rostov-on-Don, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg and Samara. Photo:Mladen ANTONOV / AFP
A woman talks on her mobile phone in front of the digital FIFA World Cup 2018 countdown clock placed in front of the Red Square and the Kremlin in Moscow on September 13, 2017. FIFA announced that ticket sales for the 2018 World Cup will begin on September 14, 2017, nine months to the day ahead of the tournament's kicks off in Russia. The World Cup will be played at 12 venues in 11 Russian cities -- Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Sochi, Kazan, Saransk, Kaliningrad, Volgograd, Rostov-on-Don, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg and Samara. Photo:Mladen ANTONOV / AFP
A couple walks in front of the digital FIFA World Cup 2018 countdown clock placed in front of the Red Square and the Kremlin in Moscow on September 13, 2017. FIFA announced that ticket sales for the 2018 World Cup will begin on September 14, 2017, nine months to the day ahead of the tournament's kicks off in Russia. The World Cup will be played at 12 venues in 11 Russian cities -- Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Sochi, Kazan, Saransk, Kaliningrad, Volgograd, Rostov-on-Don, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg and Samara. Photo:Mladen ANTONOV / AFP