Russian Railways signs on as official sponsor for FIFA World Cup
Participating in this sponsorship deal:
About Sponsor:
The Russian Railways (RZhD), Rossiyskie zheleznye dorogi (RZhD)), is the government owned national rail carrier of the Russian Federation, headquartered in Moscow.[1] The Russian Railways operate over 86,000 km (53,000 mi) of common carrier routes as well as a few hundred kilometers of industrial routes, making it the second largest network in the world exceeded only by the United States.[2] The Railways also are one of the largest companies in the world employing 950,000 people and is also a monopoly within Russia.[3] The Russian Railways were created in 1992, to take over existing lines within Russia from the Soviet Union.
About Property:
The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War. The current champions are Spain, who won the 2010 tournament.