FIFA World Cup 2018 & 2022 host nations announced.

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Homer_Simpson said:

BBC Panorama uncover mass coruption in FIFA

England world cup bid comes last in FIFA vote

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and Russia wins...

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yes, FIFA is clearly clean as a whistle, they have interests beyond making money from backhanders...

 

Actually Fifa and UEFA are expanding football beyond the traditional nations.  Any corruption talk is nothing but the old powers being girlyman about someone else hosting the big party. 

EXACTLY

What does UEFA a European body have anything to do with world cup football Nothing and who exactly are the new powers Russia, Spain(yes, they were good before, but not as remotely good as they are today)  for example? Qatar? who've never actually participated in a world cup tournament? I agreed on the bolded part of his post

Anybody trying to deny that there is corruption going on in FIFA is just throwing their credibility out the window. I dont particularly think that any of the candidates for 2018/2022 "deserved" to host the World Cup, but this whole selection process has been an absolute farce and I can only hope that some day the obvious corruption gets exposed.

There is absolitely no evidence that suggests that FIFA is corrupted. If anyone is corrupted, thats UEFA and in favour of England and Italy

Do I really need to point out the evidence that has become open over the last month or so of FIFA corruption? Are you that naive?

I'm glad for those celebrating on the results of the World Cup allocation for 18/22, but it's foolish to pretend the whole selection process is not corrupted and entirely down to money/power.

Yes

Ok then :)

 

http://www.timeslive.co.za/sport/soccer/article793887.ece/Only-silence-from-Fifa-on-corruption

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/533180-corruption-in-fifa-part-1-vote-rigging

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/nov/19/fifa-corruption-banned-2018-bid

http://www.morethanthegames.co.uk/football/2913349-report-ioc-member-named-fifa-corruption-list

http://www.worldsoccer.com/features/corruption_allegations_taint_bid_process_features_304013.html

 

All of these articles are from before the decision was made

But FIFA suspended its corrupted officialls (6 of them, i believe), so its pretty clear that corruption is gone and if it isnt, FIFA is wiling to act against it.  Plus, most of the links you gave me are british, of course THEY are gonna bitch

Except more then one has stated what they did was specifically approved by Fifa.

The suspensions were just Fifa trying to stop the probes at just them.  Cutting their losses.