Tblisi receives FIFA go-ahead

FIFA announced today that Georgia will be able to stage two World Cup qualifiers next month in the nation’s capital Tbilisi.

Georgia’s home game against the Republic of Ireland on September 6 was switched to the German city of Mainz after Tbilisi was deemed unsafe following fighting with Russia over the breakaway provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Georgia host Cyprus on October 11 while Bulgaria will visit Tbilisi on October 15.