Russia Moves to Pick Final World Cup 2018 Mascot

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It could be practically a toss-up between these three extremely popular animals, but only one of them will become the official games mascot.

Russia's FIFA World Cup 2018 organizing committee has issued a final shortlist of mascots for the championship.

The public will now choose between a Siberian tiger, a wolf and a cat in an online vote, organizing committee general director Alexei Sorokin said on Thursday.

"Perhaps we will include the mascots' names in a popular vote, and the final characters will already have names," Sorokin told journalists.

Although cats, as well as wolves, are popular as Internet talisman animals, the tiger may become a surprise hit because of the recent widely-publicized friendship between Amur the Siberian Tiger and Timur the Goat.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team