Other TV channels have already begun to negotiate terms of broadcasting the sports event.
The World Cup soccer tournament to be held in Russia in June and July will be an "attractive target" for ISIS given Russia's role in the territorial defeat of the militant group, the UK-based analysis firm, IHS, said on Thursday, according to Al Arabiya.
Member of European Parliament Rebecca Harms in an interview with Germany's Neue Osnabrucker Zeitung has urged politicians and football fans to boycott the 2018 World Cup in Russia, according to the Ukrainian media outlet Europeiska Pravda.