Russia and
Qatar have been cleared to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups after a
corruption probe ruled there were no grounds for reopening the
controversial bidding process.
But
there was severe embarrassment for England after the world governing
body's ethics committee launched a scathing attack over its doomed bid
for the 2018 event.
The
verdict by FIFA ethics judge Hans-Joachim Eckert on the investigation
into the murky World Cup bids concludes that Qatar and Russia did not do
anything that warranted stripping them of the tournament.
Astonishingly,
he reserved his strongest language for the England campaign,
reprimanding its attempts to woo the support of disgraced former FIFA
committee member Jack Warner.
He
also criticised England for a $55,000 (£35,000) sponsorship of a gala
dinner, but let Qatar off lightly for a similar $1.8million
(£1.1million) deal.
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