"The expert jury has named the official mascot of the World ... World Friendship Games in Russia beating two of his closest contenders, who were a squirrel and a bear. "The jury members had ...

A strong social media push propelled a wolf named Zabivaka to victory in the mascot race for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Zabivaka, or ‘the one who scores’ in Russian, received more than 530,000 ...