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Russia, Qatar could lose right to host World Cup 'if bribery found'

Published Mon, Jun 8, 2015 · 09:50 PM

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    Geneva

    RUSSIA and Qatar could lose the right to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups if evidence is found of corruption in the bidding process, a Fifa official was quoted as saying on Sunday.

    The comments by the head of Fifa's auditing and compliance committee came as bribery claims mounted against disgraced former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner, the man at the heart of the scandal engulfing football's world body.

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