Russia readies for World Cup 2018

Despite fears over security and construction delays at several stadiums, Russia looks largely on course one year from the kick-off of the World Cup in June 2018.
There was already a whiff of scandal around the first World Cup to be held in eastern Europe after Swiss authorities opened a probe into possible corruption during the bidding for the event.
Then worries of hooligan violence surged after gangs of Russian fans grabbed headlines by rampaging through the streets of Marseille at Euro 2016.