FIFA’s ruling executive committee is starting a two-day meeting which could alter the shape of the scandal-hit 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding contests. The session has been overtaken by events after long being scheduled to select a voting procedure which the 24-man executive would use in a 2 December secret ballot to choose the two hosts. Instead, FIFA’s control over the two-year, multi-million dollar global lobbying contest has been shaken by allegations of bribery and corruption, involving two voters and two of the nine bidders. FIFA president Sepp Blatter chairs a meeting which will consider delaying one or both World Cup decisions until credibility and public confidence has been restored to the process.