Russia and Qatar awarded FIFA World Cups - Canadian TV, Computing and Home Theatre Forums

hugh · 2010-12-02, 01:04 PM

Russia and Qatar will host soccer's biggest tournament, the FIFA World Cup, for the first time in 2018 and 2022 respectively.

Russia headed off 1966 host England and joint presentations from Spain-Portugal and Holland-Belgium in Thursday's vote at FIFA headquarters in Switzerland.

Qatar won the right to host the 2022 tournament ahead of bids from the United States, South Korea, Japan and Australia.

hugh · 2010-12-02, 01:04 PM

Interesting selections!

becks · 2010-12-02, 01:32 PM

Good to see they've cleaned up the corruption in FIFA....LOL No surprise that after the BBC showed a program on corruption going on in FIFA the most favoured country, England, only got 2 votes....what a joke!

Biggles · 2010-12-02, 04:49 PM

The Winter Olympics, a Formula One race ,and now the World Cup.

Putin's gang have been busy !

hugh · 2010-12-14, 09:05 AM

Gays should ‘refrain from any sexual activities’ at Qatar World Cup: FIFA chief

Andrew1 · 2010-12-14, 10:58 PM

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Gays should ‘refrain from any sexual activities’ at Qatar World Cup: FIFA chief

Sepp Blatter, the gift that keeps on giving. He once said women players should wear shorter tighter shorts. He also claimed soccer should do away with throw-ins and have "kick-ins". Why? Because having throw-ins in football was like having kick-ins in basketball.

2010-12-02, 01:04 PM	#1
hugh Member #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto Posts: 47,492	Russia and Qatar awarded FIFA World Cups Russia and Qatar will host soccer's biggest tournament, the FIFA World Cup, for the first time in 2018 and 2022 respectively. Russia headed off 1966 host England and joint presentations from Spain-Portugal and Holland-Belgium in Thursday's vote at FIFA headquarters in Switzerland. Qatar won the right to host the 2022 tournament ahead of bids from the United States, South Korea, Japan and Australia. __________________ As of January 2012, I am no longer the owner of the Digital Home website. If you have questions about the operation of the site, please contact VSAdmin. For personal inquiries contact me at the Hugh Thompson website.

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hugh Member #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto Posts: 47,492	Gays should ‘refrain from any sexual activities’ at Qatar World Cup: FIFA chief __________________ As of January 2012, I am no longer the owner of the Digital Home website. If you have questions about the operation of the site, please contact VSAdmin. For personal inquiries contact me at the Hugh Thompson website.

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2010-12-02, 01:32 PM	#3
becks Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ottawa Posts: 914	Good to see they've cleaned up the corruption in FIFA....LOL No surprise that after the BBC showed a program on corruption going on in FIFA the most favoured country, England, only got 2 votes....what a joke!