Breaking News Alert from The New York Times: Russia and Qatar Win World Cup Bids (447 hits)
Thu, December 02, 2010 -- 10:51 AM ET
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Russia and Qatar were chosen as the host countries for the World Cups of 2018 and 2022. Soccer's governing body, FIFA, meeting in Zurich, on Thursday rejected the competing bids of England and the combined bids of Belgium-the Netherlands and Spain-Portugal for 2018. Other contenders for the 2022 bid were Japan, South Korea, Qatar and Australia. Brazil was already chosen as host of the next World Cup, historically the most-watched sporting event in the world.
