Sunday, June 7, 2015

FIFA

As more news continues to flow in concerning the FIFA corruption scandal, the newest updates come at a time where Sepp Blatte, president of FIFA has resigned and has been linked to a bribe from South Africa concerning the 2010 world Cup and that Morocco should have been the country to host the tournament after they won the vote, however the tournament was still awarded to South Africa. There are also predictions that Russis due to host in 2018 could lose the tournament if eveidence of corruption is found and Qatar host of the 2022 tournament could also lose their opportunity to host the event. So far there has14 people charged by US prosecutors, who allege they accepted bribes and kickbacks estimated at more than $150m (£100m) over a 24-year period. 

Nicole Meechan 

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/33041467 

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