England fan fined for vandalising statue in Moscow
Wednesday 4 July 2018 15:57, UK
A Moscow court has fined an England fan for vandalising a statue of a revered Russian football player outside a World Cup stadium.
The Tushinsky District Court handed a 3,000-ruble (£36) fine on Wednesday to 20-year-old Rufus Hall for inscribing the statue of former Spartak Moscow player Fyodor Cherenkov with the word "England."
Hall was detained by police shortly before England defeated Colombia on Tuesday.
Cherenkov is not well known outside Russia but remains a hero to Spartak fans after winning three Soviet titles and one Russian title with the club.
When he died in 2014 aged 55, reportedly of a brain tumour, thousands of fans attended his funeral.
