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World
12/2/2010 7:22:00 PM
Twenty-two members of the FIFA Executive Committee were entitled to vote in the race for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups with 12 votes needed for an absolute majority and therefore to obtain the right to host the World Cup
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World
12/2/2010 7:04:00 PM
England football icon David Beckham expressed his disappointment Thursday after his country's bid for the 2018 World Cup ended in a crushing defeat
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World
12/2/2010 6:32:04 PM
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday that he would go to Zurich to thank FIFA for awarding Russia the right to host the 2018 World Cup
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World
12/2/2010 5:44:00 PM
Russia and Qatar were awarded the 2018 and 2022 World Cups Thursday after an acrimonious bidding war marred by allegations of corruption and illegal deal-making
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World
12/2/2010 11:49:00 AM
The marathon race for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups reaches its climax here Thursday as corruption-tainted global body FIFA votes to decide who will stage the footballing extravaganza.
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World
12/1/2010 9:00:41 PM
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused England on Wednesday of trying to snatch the right to host the 2018 football World Cup through a coordinated smear campaign against FIFA executives
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World
11/30/2010 12:08:00 AM
FIFA should postpone Thursday’s vote to choose the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosts and allow an independent investigation into corruption allegations, watchdog body Transparency International (TI) said on Monday
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Africa
11/29/2010 12:00:00 AM
An investigation by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) accused three FIFA executives of taking bribes in a programme to be aired on Monday, three days before the hosts of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups are decided
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World
10/28/2010 9:38:45 PM
The chief of the joint Spanish-Portugal bid to stage the 2018 World Cup on Thursday denied allegations of collusion with 2022 candidate Qatar in the bidding process.
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World
10/28/2010 2:59:01 PM
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.
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