Russia and Qatar to Host Football World Cup

[GoldenAsif]

Re: Russia and Qatar to Host Football World Cup

@SID_NY

So FIFA thinks that the worldcup wil be hosted by a small country like Qatar (no offense) in 120 degree temprature, no matter how much money they pump in. And Russia was given the honor DESPITE there was no presentation made in the end.. that’s simply ridiculous. What was wrong in the bids of Britian, Australia and US? Now either ther is some large scale corruption going on or FIFA has gone nuts…

Or may be FIFA has taken this decision in the retaliation of all corruption charges popped up very recently. Just take a look at this:

Let’s not forget that there are other countries too in this world. England hosted the 1996 Euro Cup and are staging the 2012 Olympics (perhaps that fact alone counted against them!!) in London, Australia hosted the Olympics in 2008 (Sydney). The United States hosted FIFA World Cup in 1994. So it is only right that other countries are also given a chance to host such megaevents

Russia may not be as rich as Britain but it is not a backward country by any means. Remember the Russians were the first to travel into space and Qatar is mega rich (like UAE) because of oil (not because the Arab Sheikhs have brains). Infact the Russian and Qatarian bids were higher than England

The 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa was quite a success, so there is no reason to believe that Russia and Qatar cannot do likewise