Title:Indian foreign minister wishes Russia success at FIFA World Cup

NEW DELHI, June 13. /TASS/. The football theme dominated the meeting devoted to Day of Russia held at the Russian Embassy in New Delhi on Tuesday evening. Indian Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj became the distinguished guest of the event, the fact marked by many Indian observers, as she rarely visits foreign embassies.

新德里，6月13日。印度外交部长苏什马·斯瓦拉吉成了这次活动的杰出来宾，许多印度观察员对此作了标记，因为她很少访问外国使馆。

"Coming closely on the heels of Russia's Independence Day celebrations in 2018 is another global mega festival that Russia would proudly host. We wish Russia a successful FIFA World Cup event that shortly begins," Sushma Swaraj said in a statement.

斯瓦拉杰(Sushma Swaraj)在一份声明中说：“紧跟俄罗斯2018年独立日庆祝活动之后，是俄罗斯将自豪主办的另一个全球性巨型节日，我们祝愿俄罗斯很快成功举办国际足联世界杯赛。

Russian Ambassador to India Nikolai Kudashev dwelled on the World Cup issue as well. "We expect several millions of fans to visit the World Cup matches, and it is encouraging that several thousands of them already came from India, despite the fact that the Indian team did not qualify for the 2018 World Cup. The fans are coming to Russia to witness this sports holiday and better learn and understand our country. The language of sports, free from one-sided vision, is gaining a foothold in our relations with India and in international relations," the envoy noted.

俄罗斯驻印度大使尼古拉·库戴塞夫也谈到了世界杯的问题。"我们期待着数百万球迷观看世界杯赛，但令人鼓舞的是，尽管印度队没有资格参加2018年世界杯，数千人已经来自印度。球迷们来到俄罗斯观看这个体育假日，并且更好地了解和了解我们的国家。这位特使指出，体育语言没有单方面的视角，在我们与印度的关系和国际关系中正站稳脚跟。

India is 97th in the FIFA rating, placed between Georgia and Qatar. Indian football players have never participated in final tournaments of world championships. That said, the Indian team won the AFC Asian Cup (1964), the Asian Games (1951, 1962) and is considered to be the leading team in South Asia (the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) includes Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka - TASS): the Indian team won the SAFF Cup seven times (last time in 2015).

印度在位于格鲁吉亚和卡塔尔的国际足联评选中位居第97位，印度足球运动员从未参加过世界锦标赛的最后锦标赛。尽管如此，印度足球队赢得了亚洲杯足球(1964年)，亚洲运动会(1951年，1962年)，被认为是南亚的领导球队(南亚足球联合会，包括孟加拉国、不丹、印度、马尔代夫、尼泊尔)，巴基斯坦和斯里兰卡-TASS)：印度队在SAF杯中胜出七次（最后一次是在2015年）。

The 2018 FIFA World Cup kicks off on Thursday with the opening match in the Russian capital of Moscow between hosts Russia and the national team from Saudi Arabia.

2018年国际足联世界杯开赛后，俄罗斯和沙特阿拉伯国家队在俄罗斯首都莫斯科举行开幕式。

Russia selected 11 host cities to be the venues for the matches of the 2018 World Cup and they are Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sochi, Kazan, Saransk, Kaliningrad, Volgograd, Rostov-on-Don, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg and Samara.

俄罗斯选定11个主办城市为2018年世界杯足球赛，它们是莫斯科、圣彼得堡、索契、卡赞、萨兰斯克、加里宁格勒、伏尔加格勒、罗斯托夫-顿、尼日尼·诺夫哥罗德、叶卡捷琳堡和萨马拉。

The matches of the 2018 World Cup will be held between June 14 and July 15 at 12 stadiums located in the 11 above-mentioned cities across Russia. Two of the stadiums are located in the Russian capital. The US team is not among the participants.

2018年世界杯足球赛将于6月14日至7月15日在俄罗斯11个上述城市的12个体育场馆举行，其中两个体育场馆位于俄罗斯首都。