Fifa Broadens World Cup Voting Inquiry
FIFA has confirmed that it has broadened its probe into the World Cup voting scandal and has submitted two requests to the Ethics Committee.??
In a statement FIFA said it has: ‘opened proceedings against two current members of the FIFA Executive Committee to ascertain whether they have violated the Code of Ethics.’
??It has now also said that it will study ‘alleged agreements between member associations’ bidding for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments.
Earlier in the year FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke warned all countries that mutual voting deals are against FIFA rules after it was rumoured that a 2018 bidder had agreed a voting deal with a 2022 hopeful.??
England, Russia, and joint bids from Spain and Portugal and Netherlands and Belgium are competing to stage the 2018 World Cup, whilst the United States, Australia, Qatar, Japan and South Korea are all in the race for the 2022 tournament.
