On December 2, 2010, FIFA introduced the 2022 World Cup would happen in a shocking nation, Qatar. At that very same assembly, additionally they introduced that the 2018 World Cup would happen in Russia. These alternatives set off a brand new chapter in FIFA’s historical past, one the place the general public would have a higher sense of how bribery and corruption play an enormous function in who will get to host this worldwide sporting occasion.
The final 14 World Cup areas had been determined by a gaggle of 24 highly effective males inside FIFA known as the chief committee. Their votes meant loads to bidding nations and allegations on bidders bribing members of the committee lingered for many years. These allegations reached a brand new stage when legal investigations had been launched almost 5 years after that FIFA announcement. The fallout of those investigations almost broke FIFA and tainted the World Cup.
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