Anadolu Agency begins extensive World Cup coverage

ANKARA (AA) - Anadolu Agency has begun to cover the 2018 FIFA World Cup extensively with correspondents covering daily stories, features, analysis and special interviews.

Anadolu Agency Office in Moscow, as well as six of the agency's correspondents sent from Turkey are closely following the World Cup.

Accredited photojournalists were assigned to follow 70 percent of the international football contest.

The agency will provide details of teams, match schedules and World Cup stadiums as well as detailed stories of the 64 matches.

A total of 32 teams will be competing in the World Cup, which will end on July 15.

Before and during the World Cup, at least 100 feature stories will be written, of which 21 will have infographics.

Also, infographics about the matches will be given every day.

Anadolu Agency's World Cup stories will be broadcast in 13 languages: English, Arabic, Persian, BHS (Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian), French, Spanish, Russian, Macedonian, Indonesian, Albanian and Kurdish dialects of Kurmanji and Sorani.

Separately, news about the tournament will be shared through different hashtags on social media.

Moreover, a new category on Anadolu Agency website has been formed called Russia 2018. Visitors can access all World Cup-related stories on this link.

The World Cup will be held in 11 cities and the group matches will conclude on June 28. Group leaders and runners-up will advance to the last 16.