RUSSIA BANS FAN LEADER DEPORTED FROM EURO 2016

MOSCOW:

Russian fan group leader Alexander Shprygin said he had been denied a document required to attend World Cup matches. Shprygin, who was deported from France during Euro 2016 after violence flared there, wrote on social media that his application for a World Cup fan ID had been rejected. Shprygin, who posted a screen grab of the rejection e-mail he had received, told Reuters he had applied for a fan ID on Wednesday to attend the tournament’s opening match between Russia and Saudi Arabia on Thursday, having been offered a ticket by friends. But a minute later, he said, his application was rejected. “I’m not really surprised,” said Shprygin, who was not told why his application had been rejected.