FIFA President Gianni Infantino assured that the decision of the IOC to disqualify the Russian national team from the 2018 Olympics will not affect the hosting of the 2018 World Cup.

On December 5, the International Olympic Committee disqualified the Russian national team for the state doping system.

According to FIFA President Gianni Infantino, this scandal has nothing to do with the upcoming World Cup.

"The decision of the IOC will not affect the World Cup in 2018, as it does not concern Russian football players and the upcoming mundialya".

"I do not want to take part in any speculation. In tournaments under the auspices of FIFA, players are carefully checked for doping, while all the checks that were conducted since 2014 gave a negative result ".

"If we detect violations, then we will apply sanctions," said Infantino.

Recall that today at 17:00 Kiev time will be the draw of the group stage of the World Cup-2018.

Watch the online broadcast of the event on Football. ua.