Visa, the Official Payment Services Partner of FIFA, today announced that professional footballer and face of Visa’s 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ global marketing campaign , Zlatan Ibrahimović, will return to the tournament with Visa and join football fans in Russia this summer. “I have been telling the world that I will be at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia ™ – Visa is now helping me and fans around the world get in on the action ,” said Zlatan Ibrahimović, star athlete and FIFA World Cup ™ legend. “Visa is innovative. Zlatan is innovative. Together, we are helping fans not miss a moment of the FIFA World Cup ™ .” Whether traveling to the tournament or watching from home, Visa’s fast and easy payments will help fans catch every moment of the FIFA World Cup™. In Russia, fans will spend less time in line and more time focused on the pitch, by utilizing the 7,000 point-of-sale terminals and 800 mobile concessionaires that have been equipped with the latest in payment innovatio

A roll-call of stars including Michelle Keegan, Gary Lineker and Rob Brydon attended the British Airways ‘Flying Start’ Gala ball this evening ( Friday , April 27), to support fundraising for the  airline’s charity partnership with Comic Relief.  Held at The Grove in Hertfordshire, a golf day was followed by a gala dinner, an auction and performances by comedians Rob Brydon and Rob Beckett, with the day raising an amazing £225,000 for Flying Start. Singer Alexander O’Neal said “It was a pleasure to perform at this very special event and help support such a worthy charity. “ The event, in its 14th year, and hosted by Gabby Logan, has helped Flying Start make its way towards the goal of raising £20million by 2020. British Airways launched Flying Start with Comic Relief in 2010 to raise money to help children living incredibly tough lives in the UK and around the world. Carolina Martinoli, British Airways Director of Brand and Customer Experience, said “We’ve raised over £1