Collusion is difficult to keep out of the World Cup bidding process, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Friday as he praised the way soccer’s governing body had handled a corruption scandal.
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GENEVA (AP) ?€” FIFA says the United States bid needs stronger guarantees of federal government support and Qatar’s desert heat could put players’ health at risk at a 2022 World Cup.
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FIFA president Sepp Blatter kicked off an executive committee meeting on Friday in a bid to turn the page on a damaging World Cup bidding scandal that prompted a ban on two of its members.
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Fifa officials have confirmed they are investigating claims that two of their committee members offered to sell their votes for who will host the next World Cup.
A former World Cup football referee arrested in New York City has pleaded not guilty to heroin-smuggling charges.
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Russia has withdrawn their bid for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, deciding to focus on the 2018 tournament.
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FIFA president boosts 2018 World Cup bid team by saluting nation’s struggle against crowd violence.
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Scots who back England’s bid to host the 2018 Fifa World Cup cannot register their support for their national team or clubs, a Nationalist MSP has said. Related Stories Soldiers finish marathon challenge Factory makes biggest chocolate bar Armenia makes biggest chocolate bar Family dog sees off armed gang Bomber-building team is reunited
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Fifa World Cup inspectors visited New York on Tuesday as part of a tour that includes breakfast at the White House.
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Qatar has promised it will keep fans and players cool if it wins the right to host the 2022 World Cup. This week, it will get a chance to prove it. The country will host a FIFA delegation starting Tuesday and the highlight is expected to be a tour of a specially-designed stadium for five-a-side football which is supposed to keep temperatures at 27 Celsius (81 F) on the field and in the stands …
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SINGAPORE – QATAR may be considered an outsider in the bidding to host the 2022 World Cup but the head of its bid committee feels the desert nation has a good chance to be chosen by Fifa in December. ‘Our chances are good,’ Hassan Al-Thawadi told reporters at an Asian football forum in Singapore. ‘It will be a close call, but I do believe coming to Qatar and the Middle East in 2022 will be a new …
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Australia’s bid to host the 2022 World Cup is ready, FIFA’s team of bid inspectors have announced upon their departure from the country. The head of the delegation, Harold Mayne-Nicholls, made the following statement after his team spent three days reviewing the bid.
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FIFA delegates are touring Australia as part of the bid to host the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup.
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THE final chance for Australia’s 2022 World Cup bid team to impress the visiting FIFA delegation will arrive today when its whirlwind three-day inspection tour concludes.
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The University of Missouri St. Louis Millennium Student Center was packed with eager sports fans on Wednesday afternoon as they gathered to watch the second game of the semifinals for the World Cup in South Africa, with Germany vs. Spain.
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The Fifa World Cup has formed a basis on which real opportunities can be built and the potential that it has provided must be expanded.
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Spain created history at the Soccer City, Johannesburg after they beat the Netherlands 1-0 to clinch their first ever World Cup. In doing so the became the first team ever to lift the World Cup after losing their first match in the World Cup. They also became the first European team to lift the World Cup outside of Europe. They dominated the possession in every match they played. Their control …
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