{"id":34195,"date":"2014-07-24T10:41:44","date_gmt":"2014-07-24T10:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=34195"},"modified":"2014-07-24T10:41:44","modified_gmt":"2014-07-24T10:41:44","slug":"mourning-dutch-postpone-discussion-on-russia-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/07\/mourning-dutch-postpone-discussion-on-russia-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Mourning Dutch postpone discussion on Russia World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Dutch soccer association (KNVB) wants to postpone discussion over their participation in the next World Cup in Russia, as an angry country on Wednesday mourned victims of the Malaysian airliner shot down over Ukraine by Russian-backed separatists on a flight from Amsterdam last week.<\/p>\n
The KNVB said in a statement it had received many questions over playing in the 2018 World Cup in Russia but felt a debate should be delayed while the country observed a national day of mourning.<\/p>\n
All 298 people on board the Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 died when it was brought down last Thursday over rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine, where Kiev is struggling to quell a pro-Russian separatist rebellion.<\/p>\n
Two-thirds of the victims were Dutch and the disaster has led to calls for strong sanctions against Russia, even if it hurts the Dutch economy, opinion polls published on Wednesday showed.<\/p>\n