Risk Assessment of the 2018 Football World Cup for the National Football Team

This business report examines how England’s football team before as well as during 2018 FIFA global cup schedule to start June to mid August 2018 with Russia as host will be able to have the necessary security. The article addresses some of the concern to Russian Security Department to consider in handling the risk that security threats can cause to England Football Team that could lead to different impacts on their performance in the coming competition when in the region.

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Risk Assessment of the 2018 Football World Cup for the National Football Team – (England
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Business Report
Background information
The principal target of this research paperwork explores the business report on the
process of risk management in the significant global football event from the participating
national team. More particularly, this research business report examines how England’s football
team before as well as during 2018 FIFA global cup schedule to start June to mid August 2018
with Russia as host will be able to have the necessary security. The business report aims to
address the security personnel in the region to know the concern of England’s Football team
concerning identifying their risk that results as a result of security issues such as terrorists’
activities and instance that can lead to kidnapping of players. The article addresses some of the
concern to Russian Security Department to consider in handling the risk that security threats can
cause to England Football Team that could lead to different impacts on their performance in the
coming competition when in the region. These issues or concern are addressed to Russian
Security Department by England’s FIFA president who has the responsibility of ensuring that the
football team remains safe and ready to give their best to their nation.
Executive Summary
The qualitative case survey recorded on this business report paperwork draws upon
different documents along with interviews that were done with principal actors in the England
Football Federation and other vital stakeholders for the preparation along with implemented
security structure that they aim to set in place for the security of their national football team. This
research paper uses previous studies on management of security risks and strategic management
to analyze the preparation of England Football National Team in participating in world cup

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completion to be held in Russia. The team has concern with security issue in the region because
Russia is presently known for the wrong reason on matters to deal with security threat. The area
where the world cup is to hold next month has been facing different challenges when it comes to
various terrorist attacks. Besides, such issues on attacks have been term by football governing
body in England to be dangerous for the safety of the players and their fans when they plan to
attend matches and trainings. The ideas covered in this paperwork include primary
recommendations that Russian Security Department should consider in order to ensure that every
team that had qualified for world cup to be held in the country remain safe from any terror attack
and drug usage as a health concern. The recommendations followed the data of recent incident of
terrorism that was avoided in Russia when the government of America tipped them about such
attacks. Some of the recommendations proposed in this business report paper include prevention
of the immediate threat, destroying ISIS abroad, and preventing cases of radicalization in Russia
among other recommendations.
Recommendations
There are various strategies that the Russian Security Department can use in controlling
and eliminating instances of security threat particularly terrorist attack on different teams such as
England from occurring during World Cup tournament from June 2018. The strategies that the
security department needs to focus on must aim at addressing the present situation conducive to
stretch of terrorism activities (Arnold & Vent, 2018). The strategies should contain but not
narrowed to lingering unresolved instances of tensions, dehumanization of different victims of
violence in all its modes together with signs, inappropriate regulations along with violations of
human privileges, and ethnic, state as well as spiritual discriminations. The other issues that
relate with terrorist attacks in Russia that these strategies have to address include instances of

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political exclusions, marginalization of social and economic elements, along with inappropriate
dominance while acknowledging that none of these situations can explain or justify different
operations of terror groups that can rise during as well as before 2018 Football World Cup.
Therefore, there is a need for security policymakers in Russia to embrace the tough as well as
smart approach of defeating various terror groups that target their borders (Dietschy, 2012). They
must show their appropriate strategy to be capable of eliminating threat of terrorism without
going too far and placing Russia on the extended term war footing. FIFA body I n England
recommends that the Russia policymakers of different security operations need to be clear
concerning their strategy to stop terrorist at home teams, fans and visiting teams and their fans
during the 2018 FIFA World up right now and in the future when the competition begins.
Therefore, all recommended strategies by England Football governing body to Russian security
department aim at helping the policy makers to understand how they can discover different plots
of world cup terror attack to ensure that the competition remains to be safe from any attack
(James & Day, 2015). Major recommendations that England FIFA governing body addressed to
be undertaken by Russia Security policymakers include prevention of the immediate threat,
destroying ISIS abroad, and preventing cases of radicalization in Russia among other
recommendations.
Preventing the immediate threat
The ability of ISIS along with other known and unknown terrorists groups to affect
potential operations of England football team during world cup could prove devastating. In order
to address such issue of risk concern in the near-term, the Russian Security Department must
focus on protecting England team by protecting terrorists from entering their camps and keep
guns out of terrorist hands. The need to protect England Football team from using different drugs

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during the tournament helps in protecting the players from getting ban during the match
(Manzenreiter, 2014). Therefore, preventing the immediate threat can help the team management
to ensure that players are not using any illegal substances that can result in increasing
performance of players. These practices will help in reducing the incidences of founding players
guilty of using these drugs that can lead to banning of players that can adversely affect outcome
of the team during the tournament. The local Russian agencies need to be fully ready and
prepared, trained, coordinated, as well as funded to protect English football team against ISIS
and other terror threats during the 2018 World Cup (Tumblety, 2018). Therefore, Russian
department that deals with its homeland security have the mandate of being in the frontlines at
the federal level to protect English footballers and fans from such kinds of threats and they also
need to increase their funding as the danger persists. Besides, health departments need to
establish effective ways of dealing with cases of health infections that result from injuries and
infections that can occur from different diseases (Wanna, 2015). Russian authorities need to
increase funding to health department so that they can improve their research and development
on effective ways that they can use to examine different foreigners that come to watch the
football matches of any disease or health disorder that they might have before being cleared to
enter Russia. These recommendations by England football governing body to Russian Security
and health department when taken together will enable the agencies in Russia to avert the attack
while preparing for the worst in the global event that is about to start in June 2018.
The authority should focus on stopping instances of terrorists from entering Russia. Only
people with valid visa should be allowed to enter or cross Russian borders as a way of ensuring
that every individual that come or leave the country is not a terrorist. The security personnel in
the region need to work with other security personnel in England and other teams that are yet to

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participate in the 2018 world cup to fix this vulnerability (Crabbe, 2018). They can fix it by
changing the program to ensure that every citizen of the specified nation who is also the citizen
of countries that most terror groups need to apply for the visa prior their travel to Russia. By
going ahead, more can be done in order to ensure that terrorists are unable to enter Russia before
and during 2018 world cup (de Haan, Faull, & Kohe, 2014). The Russian department that deals
with security and health should send different agents to nations at high risk of activity of
terrorism and instances of health complications to provide advanced screening of visa applicants
and health records. Increase information sharing that exists between intelligence agencies will
offer Russia to have a better grasp of the foreign terrorist fighter issue that can have adverse
impact on English team if not adequately addressed.
Destroy ISIS abroad
In the near term, there exist various techniques that Russia can ramp its efforts to destroy
ISIS, securing its national interests, as well as moving towards regional stability before 2018
world cup begins. There is a need by Russia to intensify coalition efforts by improving airstrikes,
enforcing the no-fly regions if the Syria peace progress fails, and adding Russia special activities
forces on the ground to help in taking the fight against ISIS as a major terror group that imposes
hue danger on the field (Lawrence, 2017). The local security forces in Russia need to focus on
increasing their abilities to take the fight against ISIS on the field before English team, and other
organizations that had qualified for world cup arrives. The government in the region must do
their part as well as pass the authorization for the use of military forces against any terror group
that place or is dangerous to wellbeing of people during the event in Russian such as ISIS.
Besides, the Russian security department need to enhance coalition efforts to fight these risks
such as health, living and transport and surrounding conditions, team coaching, leadership, and

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teamwork, broadcasting, and media, along with security or geopolitical issues (Nitoiu, 2016).
Going forward, Russia along with coalition of England partnership needs to continue increasing
the pressure on ISIS and other terror groups through development of more airstrikes, kept
preparing of neighborhood powers to center around reclaiming an area from ISIS and also better
sharing of vital security information.
Russia ought to consider working with coalition accomplices with the mean to implement
the no-fly zone over various territories, for example, finished northern Syria along the outskirt
with turkey from different teams and fans that will be moving to Russia to take part in world cup.
The recommendation will be vital as it will help in creating the safe zone on the ground for
regular people to get to the care of compassionate that has dependably been blocked up to this
point in the contention due to airstrikes (van Sterkenburg, 2013). Along these lines, Russian
powers must always be ready to complement the no-fly zone through the idea of ensuring terror
groups such as ISIS along with government forces do not block civilian access to humanitarian
assistance on the region before, during, and after 2018 world cup. Furthermore, Russia need to
authorize the use of military forces to help in fighting cases of drug abuse among people in
Russia in order to make different people to shy away from using such drugs that can have long-
term effects on their health and wellbeing (Stell & Salisbury, 2015). The country has the
mandate of providing a broader set of policy objectives for ensuring extended term for regional
stability as a way of ensuring that security of every England player and fan is safe.
Preventing radicalization in Russia
There is need for health and security departments to have short-term plans for their
operations to eradicate cases of risk that can affect wellbeing of England national football team

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when they arrive in the region to take part in 2018 FIFA World Cup. For instance, England
governing body recommends to Russia security department that the need to have short-term
plans can help in defeating ISIS (Abell, Condor, Lowe, Gibson, & Stevenson, 2017). These plans
can assist in defeating terrorist groups at home and broad but they must comply with the
extensive effort of addressing terrorist threats again stems that have qualified to take part in 2018
FIFA World Cup such as England. Besides, focus on long-term policies right before, during, and
after the event should include efforts to counter extremists propaganda online as well as
establishing the local partnership's strategy to support wellbeing of English team in the
tournament. Furthermore, Russia security council need to concentrate on appropriate ways of
defeating terrorist in different online platforms that can affect attendance of various
organizations and their fans to the tournament that is about to begin (Crabbe, 2018). There is a
need for the security to employ more force as a way of dealing with elimination of such terror
groups. The special powers can also help in fighting instances of drug traffic in the region that
can lead to substance abuse among players and fans during the tournament. The country should
focus on the idea of cutting down internet during the tournament as a way of eliminating
instances of spread of terror threats and drugs to different people in the region.
Russia must develop the national strategy to eliminate and defeat terrorists in cyberspace
as well as improving their efforts to counter terrorist narratives in different online platforms.
Russia security agencies along with the technology industry can efficiently work together to
develop the efficient strategy to prevent instances of terror groups from using various online
platforms to communicate efficiently with potential recruits (Gibbons, 2011). They can also use
these platforms to recruit as well as spread propaganda that can affect wellbeing of players
during their preparation for matches leading to negative result in the tournament. It is clear to

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note that action of Russian government will e only the part of the solution to health and security
of England team players and their visiting fans. Technology organizations have to step up their
operations and efforts against instances that lead to health problems, transport networks,
broadcasting and media news, and security issues to improve before and after the tournament.
Additionally, there is need for Russian communities and authorities to build their resilience
against health threats from diseases and threats from ISIS along with like-minded terrorist groups
in dealing with factors that can affect wellbeing of England Football team in the 2018 FIFA
World Cup (Hjelm, 2011). These long-term recommendations can help in allowing Russia to
create the more coordinated as well as organized policy path to address instances of health,
transport, security, broadcasting and media, and leadership threats to wellbeing and performance
of England football team.
Analysis
Aim and Success Criteria for project
The principal aim of the business report is to ensure that Russia as host of 2018 FIFA
World Cup remains to have an environment that provides best environment for every team to
perform to their level best. The success of such project of controlling instances of health
complications can help in ensuring that players remains to be healthy as they aim to win the
prestigious award to their respective countries during the competition (Kennedy, 2014). The
success criteria for project as proposed by England Football governing body is to ensure that
Russia is able to understand some of the issues that have been affecting its wellbeing and might
have adverse effects of visiting teams during the tournament along with their fans that love the
game of football.

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Risk Appetite and Tolerance of the organization
The idea involve the amount of different risks that Russia exposes to England football
team during the 2018 world cup on the broad level. Therefore, there is a need for Russia to be
ready to accept different recommendations from English football governing body to ensure that
they provide the necessary environment as required. Both usage of risk appetite along with risk
tolerance in the plan help in setting up different boundaries of how much risk the entity is
prepared to accept the proposed recommendations to improve their country that is about to host
2018 major tournament in football society (Skak, 2016). In most cases, a risk appetite stamen
remains to be higher level statement that tends to consider mainly the levels of risks that Russia
football management body deems acceptable from the recommendations provided to them by
England Football team through their Football governing president. However, risk tolerance
remains to be narrower and set the acceptance level of variation around set objectives on every
event. For instance, risk appetite statement would be when Russia decides that it does not accept
risks that could result in the significant loss of its base of revenue.
Risk Breakdown Structure
The idea involves the hierarchical list of different resources that relate by resource type
and function that is applicable to facilitate process of planning and controlling project work on
improving the well-being of English Football team during the tournament in Russia. The Russian
authorities can use this idea to ensure that risk that they aim to manage to include anything that is
unplanned for or unforeseen that can have the adverse effect on the cost of project, quality or,
timing of the event (Bruce & Stewart, 2015). The risk breakdown structure will help in ensuring

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that there is a representation of risk in hierarchy that starts from higher levels and moving down
to the more exceptional level dangers.
Risk Probabilities applied
The applied probability of risk in the issue to deal with wellbeing of England football
team remains to be vital as it affect purchase of available tickets for sale before the start of 2018
FIFA World Cup. Essentially, recommendations to control risks that can affect the smooth
running of tournament are fundamental concepts of chance, probability, or likelihood. Therefore,
risk probability applied in the project look at the loss of something of great value given that the
risk-generating event will happen (Arimoto, 2014). It is chronic that the management literature
of quality of risk in the tournament and guidelines on quality tools for managing risk that are
relatively silent on the meaning and uses of probability.
Risk Impacts applied
Need to control security threat posse to the major tournament that is set to take place in
Russia remains to be the major concern. The impacts of risk such as health, security, broadcast
media, living and transport conditions, along with team coaching have been well addressed in the
recommendations the England football governing body proposes to Russia to undertake to ensure
that the tournament will go well as planned. Some of the items mentioned for the Russia to take
or follow can have both positive and negative impact on the tournament that is yet to start
(Heinonen, 2012). Risk impacts applied followed different interviews done during the visits done
by the team specialists in ensuring that every condition is met by the region for the better
performance of different football teams.
Risk Severity Matrix

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The idea remains vital in defining level of hazard by thinking about the classification of
likelihood or probability against the division of coming about seriousness. The idea addressed by
England football governing body to Russia security department will help in increasing the
visibility of risks as well as assisting management in the process of making decisions to ensure
that they offer security to the team as its plans to take part in the critical event in FIFA calendar
in June 2018. These risk severity matrix addressed are included in different categories that
include catastrophic as they can lead to deaths of fans or players of recommendations are not
well taken into consideration. The harm severity is also critical and marginal as it can lead to
severe injury or multiple injuries such as health infections that cause injuries or transfer different
diseases to players. Such risk severity matrix in health infections remains to be the kind of risk
that is always carried by the players, but it can also be something that is transferred by different
players that are taking part in the tournament by other players during the event (Farris,
Zvolensky, Robles, & Schidt, 2015). The other category of risk severity matrix addressed that the
recommendations can help in eliminating before and during the competition in Russia include
negligible category that can result to minor injury on players like instances where a player can
get injured while playing football that is always common in every game. Therefore, the use of
risk severity matrix will help Russia to develop appropriate chart that plots the severity of 2018
world cup and probability of it taking place on the axis.
Risk Responses
The idea involves the process of developing effective strategic options along with
determination of actions that can help in enhancing opportunities along with reduction of dangers
that Russia security department can focus on during 2018 world cup. There is a need for every
project team member to be assigned to take responsibility for every response of risks such as

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health, security, broadcasting, transport, and security among visiting players from England. The
process will always ensure that every risk that can occur to affect wellbeing of England football
team players to have personnel that monitors different responses as Russian government is
delegated to implement responses to correct departments to deal with such issues that are threat
to the football teams (Arnold, 2018). Therefore, management of risk was developed as the
concept from the 1950s, and it become initiated in connection with programs of space, finances,
along with nuclear power.
Risk register
The idea involve the scatter plot utilized as management of risk device and to fulfill
regulatory compliance that acts as the respiratory for all identified risks during the tournament of
2018 world cup. These registers of risk include additional information about every risk such as
nature of danger, reference, and owner, along with measures to mitigate the recommendations
proposed. By following strategy of risk, it is necessary to understand the risk issues along with
plans for participating teams that are important to understand something concerning the
significant football sporting event viewed from the perspective of the participating team like
England football national team. From the risk register, it is clear that several concerns may
disrupt the preparation and implementation (Lundin, 2015). The strategies may end participation
for the footballer, and in the worst case, the outcome might be severe injury or even the demise
of footballers when they attend the 2018 world cup in Russia.
Limitations
There are various shortcomings on this research business report concerning dangers
evaluation of the 2018 Football global trophy foe the England national football team. The major

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drawback is that there is lack of time as some of the recommendations are long term and they
require extended time on implementations. Lack of time result because 2018 June World Cup in
Russia is about to commence in just a few days and it will remain tough for the Russian Security
Council and policymakers to put recommendations of England football governing body in
implementations. Besides, information used to stay to be a limitation on survey of risk that teams
in the FIFA world cup 2018 might face (Magazine, Gonzalez, & Varela, 2014). The use of
existing data in different platforms might be misleading, and every team that have qualified to
take part in the tournament need to send a team of experts to fully understand different risks that
affect wellbeing of their players during training and when playing in different stadiums.

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