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No problems in holding 2022 World Cup in Qatar in winter, says FIFA President Infantino

FIFA’s decision to set the wintertime period as the time-frame for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar instead of the traditional summertime will not result in huge problems for the world of football, Gianni Infantino, the president of the world’s governing body of football, said.

Putin visits Volgograd after two suicide bombings strike city

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday made a pre-dawn visit to the city reeling from two suicide bombings this week, bringing gestures of sympathy for the victims and questions for the officials he has ordered to beef up security.

Russia: President Putin to visit bomb-hit Volgograd

The bombings at the main railway station of Volgograd and on a city trolleybus killed 34 people and wounded scores, 65 of whom are hospitalised.

Russia bombings death toll climbs to 33

Two more people wounded by suicide bombings in the Russian city of Volgograd have died, increasing the death toll in the attacks to 33, Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday, citing the country's emergencies ministry.

Bomb blast tears through trolleybus in Russian city, 10 dead

A bomb blast tore through a trolleybus in the city of Volgograd on Monday morning, killing at least 10 people a day after a suicide bombing that killed at least 17 at the city's main railway station.

Second bombing in Volgograd, blast in trolleybus kills 10

The explosion came a day after a suicide bomber killed at least 17 people in the main railway station of the southern Russian city.

UN, USA condemn terrorist attack in Russia that killed 16

United States and the United Nations have condemned the terrorist attack in Volgograd in Russia that killed at least 16 people.