Russia hosted the 2018 World Cup, won by France in Moscow
(Picture: Getty Images)The UK and Ireland will face competition from Turkey in their bid to host Euro 2028, while Russia have also remarkably declared an interest in staging the tournament.
Russia - World Cup hosts in 2018 - had originally been expected to bid for hosting rights, though it was thought those plans had been abandoned following Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and their subsequent sporting exile that included a ban from all international football that is being challenged at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
