Uruguay to receive Siberian welcome

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By James Fitzgerald in Krasnoyarsk
Across the Kommunalny Bridge, spanning the mighty Enisey River that splits the city of Krasnoyarsk, sits the impressive and much-loved Central Stadium.

A regular stage for big soccer matches and athletics championships, tomorrow it will be the scene for perhaps the most important sporting event ever to have taken place in this major city of southern Siberia.


In sporting terms, rugby is king here.

This region boasts two professional clubs, which came first and second in this year’s Russian Rugby Championship, and no fewer than 15 of Russia’s match day …

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