Boycott Russia World Cup over Syria bombing, urges Nick Clegg

The UK's football teams should boycott the 2018 World Cup in Russia because of the country's alleged involvement in the bombing of civilians in Syria's brutal civil war, Nick Clegg has said.
The former deputy prime minister called on Fifa to cancel the tournament because Russian president Vladimir Putin is "mocking the world".
If football's global governing body does not cancel the tournament, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland should boycott it, he said.
It comes after Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson accused Russia of being complicit in war crimes while supporting... read more