Russia Give Up on Bid for Euro 2008 Football Championship
Reuters - Russia has given up on the idea of bidding for the Euro 2008 soccer championship.
"We decided not to go ahead with the application," executive director of the Russian Football Union (RFU) Alexander Tukmanov told Reuters on Monday.
"There are a number of conditions for those who want to stage such a complex tournament, the main one is government guarantees. And we don't have that at the moment."
Last week, RFU chief Vyacheslav Koloskov said Russian President Vladimir Putin had to give his approval for the bid to go ahead.
"We were waiting to meet with the president (Putin), but it hasn't come about yet," Tukmanov said.
Denmark/Sweden/Finland and Norway are expected to bid as are Hungary, Switzerland/Austria, Greece/Turkey and Scotland.
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19th November 2001, 18:18
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