Firecracker incident not to affect 2018 World Cup: official

 MOSCOW, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- The 2018 World Cup in Russia will not be affected¹ by the controversial firecracker incident which hurt a Russian goalkeeper, the Minister of Sport Vitaly Mutko said Saturday.

"This (the incident) cannot influence the 2018 World Cup. It affects the image of the country, but on the issue of organizing the World Cup, here we can be absolutely calm," Mutko said.

Last week, a game between Moscow Dinamo and St. Petersburg Zenit in the Khimki Arena² near Moscow was halted on the 37th minute after a fire bomb thrown from Zenit fans' sector³ hit the goalkeeper Anton Shunin. The player was hospitalized with face burns. Police detained 92 fans immediately after the incident.

It brought football hooliganism under the spotlight⁴ once again in Russia which is preparing to stage the sport's top event in 2018.

The Russian government is planning to toughen sanctions against football hooligans by enacting⁵ legislation.

Eleven Russian cities would host the 2018 game which include Kaliningrad, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Saransk, Samara, Yekaterinburg, Rostov-on-Don, Volgograd and Sochi.

Russia pledged to hold "a high quality championships" with full-scale preparation works, sports officials said.

1 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

2 arena   

n.竞技场，运动场所；竞争场所，舞台

参考例句：

• She entered the political arena at the age of 25. 她25岁进入政界。
• He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents.他没有充分发挥其才能的场所。

3 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

4 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

5 enacting   

制定（法律），通过（法案）( enact的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Generally these statutes apply only to wastes from reactors outside the enacting state. 总之，这些法令只适宜用在对付那些来自外州的核废料。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• In addition, the complexion of enacting standards for live working is described. 另外，介绍了带电作业标准的制订情况。