“My real worry is what will happen if Qatar legitimately won the bid of 2022? Because it looks to me that in order to prove to some that there is no corrupted collusion between Qatar and Spain, itis necessary for them to lose the bid! Is that a smart or smear campaign against Qatar and […]
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Beckenbauer scales back soccer duties
Citing a desire to spend more time with his family, German soccer legend Franz Beckenbauer said Thursday he will not seek re-election to FIFA’s executivecommittee in 2011. The 65-year-old Beckenbauer captained West Germany to a World Cup title in 1974, coached it to another in 1990 and served as head of the organizing committee of […]
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Key FIFA member undecided about U.S. support
Guatemalan soccer federation president Rafael Salguero, one of three Concacaf members of the FIFA executive committee who will vote on the hosts of the 2018and 2022 World Cup, says he isn’t sure if he’ll support the USA and its bid to host the 2022 World Cup. “I don’t know what I’ll do,” Salguero said in […]
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Clinton to speak on behalf of U.S. bid
[WORLD CUP 2018/22 BIDS] Former President Bill Clinton will speak on behalf of the U.S. bid to host the 2022 World Cupwhen the U.S. delegation makes its final presentation to the FIFA executive committee on Dec. 1 in Zurich. Clinton is the honorary chairman of the USA Bid Committee and has workedextensively on behalf of […]
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England World Cup bid 'significantly harmed' by press reports
A senior member of the England World Cup 2018 bid committee says the England bid to host the 2018 tournament has been “significantly harmed” by the Sunday Times investigation into the biddingprocess that resulted in the suspension of two FIFA executive committee members. England World Cup 2018 bidders are concerned that more revelations — including […]
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Chinese move to extend halftime blasted
According to Modern Express newspaper, FIFA has not taken kindly to the move by the the Chinese Football Association (CFA) to extend halftime of Super League matches to 30 minutes as part of itseffort to stamp out game-fixing. “The order by the CFA to standardize the time does not fall into the scope of extenuating […]
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World Cup 2018/22 bid vote to go ahead as scheduled
FIFA’s executive committee will go ahead with its selection of the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosts as scheduled on Dec. 2 in Zurich. Suggestions that the meeting be postponed in wake of the growingscandal that has resulted in the suspension of two executive committee members were rejected. FIFA president Sepp Blatter said FIFA’s ethics […]
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Russian bid chief terms England complaint 'strange'
The World Cup 2018/22 bid process is quickly degenerating into a farce as England has filed a complaint against 2018 opponent Russia for remarks by bid leader Alexei Sorokin critical of London’s high crime rate and levels of teenage drinking, as well as the “ethnic hatred” Manchester United incited by burning an American flag at […]
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IOC president calls for FIFA house-cleaning
IOC president Jacques Rogge called on FIFA to clean up its house following allegations of vote-selling and collusion in the contest for the 2018 and 2022World Cups. The remarks, which came at IOC meetings in Acapulco, followed a telephone conversation FIFA president Sepp Blatter had with Rogge toupdate him on the investigation into the Sunday […]
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Solo and Wambach on FIFA short list
[AWARDS] Seven players — including Americans Hope Solo and Abby Wambach — whospent 2009 in Women’s Professional Soccer are among 10 players nominated for the FIFA Women’s World Player 2010. The nominations include three players from WPS champion FC GoldPride — Camille Abily, who has since returned to France, Marta and ChristineSinclair. WPS champion FC […]