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Thursday, November 13, 2014

FIFA clear Qatar and Russia of wrongdoing during their World Cup bids

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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