FIFA? The notoriously corrupt soccer football people?

  • EndOfLine@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    If you were upset by Russia hosting the 2018 FIFA World Cup, you should not look up Qatar hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

      • elgordino@fedia.io
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        12 hours ago

        To enable Saudi Arabia to host 2034 the 2030 World Cup was bizarrely spread across Europe (Spain and Portugal), Africa (Morocco) and 3 matches in South America (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay).

        When hosts for a World Cup are selected the confederations for the previous 2 world cups are excluded, thus North America (from 2026), South America, Europe and Africa were all excluded from even applying. Conveniently leaving the door much wider open from Saudi Arabia than it normally would have been.

        • TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          11 hours ago

          Maybe Israel can convert Gaza into an Olympic town and football stadium. Free workers too!

          The Olympics were also held in nazi Germany. Both FIFA and the International Olympic Committee do not care about human rights. They only care about money.