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Official tour of FIFA World Cup Trophy 2018 kicks off in London

By Web Desk
January 24, 2018

The official launching ceremony of the FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour held in London and had the past FIFA World Cup Winners charm the event with their presence.

The official tour that began in London with numerous illustrious attendees including 2018 Victoria Lopyreva, the official ambassador of the FIFA World Cup 2018 and former winners of the World Cup, Sir Geoff Hurst from England who won in the year 1966 and Andrea Pirlo who was victorious with Italy in 2006.

The World Cup wrapping up a distance of 152,000 kilometers will be touring a total number of 91 cities, across 51 countries and six continents. The tour will also be touching countries that have never been included in the official tour of the FIFA World Cup before, including Iceland, Austria and Mongolia.

Pakistani football fans are impatiently counting days till its arrival on February 3rd in Lahore where the trophy will be up for display at Minar-e-Pakistan.

Before the kick start of the tour, the trophy stayed in Russia for three months where the World Cup will be played this summer.