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Russia, Qatar to host World Cup finals

Russia, Qatar to host World Cup finals

Russia and Qatar will host soccer's biggest tournament, the FIFA World Cup, for the first time in 2018 and 2022 respectively. Russia headed off 1966 host England and joint presentations from Spain-Portugal and Holland-Belgium in Thursday's vote at FIFA headquarters in Switzerland.

 

Bidders for 2022 make final pitch

The five countries jostling for the right to host the 2022 World Cup have made their final pitch to Fifa ahead of the Thursday's decisive vote in Zurich.

 

Three top Fifa men 'took bribes'

Three top Fifa men 'took bribes'

Three senior Fifa officials who will vote on the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids took bribes in the 1990s, the BBC's Panorama alleges.

 

U.S. pulls out of 2018 World Cup bid

The United States is no longer in the running to host soccer's 2018 World Cup after its bid committee decided to withdraw from contention and focus on hosting the 2022 tournament instead.

 

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