Here's the official emblem for World Cup 2018 in Russia
 
 
The 2018 World Cup has its official emblem, and its reveal was out of this world.
During a television program airing Tuesday night, three astronauts in the Russian space station unveiled the colorful design at the same time it was projected onto the front of the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
Soccer's biggest event will be held in 11 different cities across Russia in June and July 2018, and the emblem was said to be inspired by "Russia's rich artistic tradition and its history of achievement and innovation."
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