There is just 50 days to go until the first ball is kicked at the 2018 World Cup.<br /> The host nation, Russia,... will raise the curtain on the tournament when they face Saudi Arabia in Moscow on Thursday June 14th. <br />South Korea will kick off their World Cup campaign against Sweden in (nuzz-knee) Nizhny Novgorod on June 18th.<br />The 32-team tournament will be played in 11 cities across Russia, with the final taking place on July 15th in Moscow.<br />Over 160-thousand tickets were sold within 24-hours when general ticket sales opened last week. <br />
