26th March, 2018
Iceland on Monday announced it will be boycotting the 2018 World Cup in Russia in June following diplomatic row.
Iceland is billed to play Nigeria’s Super Eagles, Croatia and Argentina at the World Cup.
It comes after the US and EU countries announced the expulsion of diplomats over the Sergei Skripal poisoning case.
The 21st FIFA World Cup is scheduled to take place in Russia from June 14 to July 15. Russia won hosting rights to the event in December 2010.
The games will take place in Kaliningrad, Kazan, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Saransk, Sochi, St. Petersburg, Volgograd, and Yekaterinburg.
It comes after 16 EU member states, other European countries, the US, and Canada announced on Monday that they would be expelling Russian diplomats over the Sergei Skripal case. Western countries have placed blame on Moscow of the March 4 poisoning of the former agent in Salisbury, UK, despite there being absolutely zero evidence.
Russia has denied having any part in the attack and has offered its full cooperation in the investigation, fungrade.blogspot.com.ng reports.