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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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