Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said: After Australia expelled two Russian diplomats on Tuesday, boycotting the June 14-July 15 tournament in Russia was among a range of other options available to the government.
She added: I want to correct what I thought had been a misunderstanding over my comments, the Australian government is not considering a boycott of the World Cup,” she told reporters in Canberra.
Football Federation Australia said on Tuesday that, as far as it was concerned, their Socceroo's team would be in Russia in June. As things stand, all qualifying teams, including the England team, will be taking part in this FIFA event and that continues to be our intention.
