UNITED KINGDOM/FILE: SOCCER/FOOTBALL - FIFA to investigate report of World Cup vote-selling
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UNITED KINGDOM/FILE: SOCCER/FOOTBALL - FIFA to investigate report of World Cup vote-selling
- Title: UNITED KINGDOM/FILE: SOCCER/FOOTBALL - FIFA to investigate report of World Cup vote-selling
- Date: 18th October 2010
- Summary: ABUJA, NIGERIA (FILE - MARCH 15, 2007) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) CLOSE-UP OF AFRICAN SOCCER FEDERATION OFFICIAL AMOS ADAMU SEATED CAIRO, EGYPT (FILE - JANUARY 18, 2006) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF FIFA PRESIDENT SEPP BLATTER AND CONFEDERATION OF AFRICAN FOOTBALL (CAF) PRESIDENT ISSA HAYATOU ARRIVING AND CHATTING TO DELEGATES CLOSE UP OF 'CAF GENERAL ASSEMBLY' SIGN BLATTER AND HAYATOU BLATTER LISTENING WIDE OF ASSEMBLY MID VIEW / WIDE: DELEGATES VOTING FOR TWO NEW AFRICAN MEMBERS OF FIFA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, INCLUDING AMOS ADAMU CAF PRESIDENT ISSA HAYATOU ANNOUNCING RESULTS DELEGATES CELEBRATING RESULT OF VOTE
- Embargoed: 2nd November 2010 12:00
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- Location: United Kingdom
- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: Sports
- Reuters ID: LVA10A5AVUT8QTET0ARQ21YKA45Q
- Story Text: World soccer's governing body FIFA plans to investigate a newspaper report that two members of its executive committee had offered to sell their votes in the contest to host the 2018 World Cup.
Britain's Sunday Times newspaper said the offers to buy votes had been made to its reporters who were working undercover and posed as lobbyists for a consortium of American private companies.
The report on Sunday (October 17) said Nigeria's Amos Adamu was filmed asking for money for a personal project and that Oceania Football Confederation president Reynald Temarii from Tahiti wanted money for a sports academy.
FIFA will decide on December 2 in Zurich which countries will host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. The choices will be made by the 24-strong executive committee.
In a statement FIFA said it has asked the Sunday Times to send all the related information and documents related to the matter.
England and Russia are bidding for the 2018 finals along with joint bids from Spain/Portugal and Belgium/Netherlands.
The candidates for 2022 are the United States, Japan, South Korea, Qatar and Australia. - Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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