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FIFA Compliance Head Says Russia, Qatar World Cups Could Be Taken Away: Paper
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07.06.2015
The independent chairman of FIFA's audit and compliance committee told a Swiss newspaper, Russia and Qatar could be stripped of their World Cup hosting rights if evidence emerges of bribery in the bidding process. The FBI's investigation of bribery and corruption at FIFA includes scrutiny of how soccer's governing body awarded World Cup hosting rights to Russia and Qatar, a U.S. law enforcement official told Reuters this week. Domenico Scala told SonntagsZeitung that the two countries could lose the hosting rights should evidence emerge of bribery in the bidding process. Sepp Blatter unexpectedly announced on Tuesday he was resigning, just four days after securing a fifth term as FIFA president and shortly before it emerged that he too was under investigation by U.S. law enforcement.
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