Russia and Qatar could be stripped of their World Cup hosting rights if evidence emerges of bribery in the bidding process, Domenico Scala, the independent chairman of Fifa’s audit and compliance committee, told a Swiss newspaper.
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 US law enforcement official told Reuters this week.
“If evidence should emerge that the awards to Qatar and Russia only came about thanks to bought votes, then the awards could be invalidated,” Mr Scala told SonntagsZeitung in an interview published on Sunday.
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