http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/03/sp...p.html?_r=1&hp
http://www.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/footba...pt=T1&iref=BN1
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This process was extraordinary for several reasons, not the least of which was the two-for-one announcement. FIFA had done it only twice previously, in 1946 and 1966, but both times only a single country was bidding for each tournament.
This bidding process was marred by charges of corruption against 6 of the 24 members of FIFA’s executive committee. Two members were barred from voting, and some called for the vote to be postponed, saying it lacked credibility.
The scandal took off in mid-October when reporters for The Sunday Times of London, posing as lobbyists for American companies, reported that two FIFA executive committee members had offered to sell their votes. As a result, Amos Adamu of Nigeria and Reynald Temarii of Tahiti were barred from the sport and fined by FIFA.
The Sunday Times of London also reported that it secretly filmed a former general secretary of FIFA, Michel Zen-Ruffinen, giving the names of officials who could be bribed. The paper reported that he also said the Portugal-Spain bid for 2018 and the Qatar bid for 2022 were colluding on a vote-exchange scheme to enhance their chances.
Bid officials denied the charges. FIFA said it found no evidence of a vote-swapping
This bidding process was marred by charges of corruption against 6 of the 24 members of FIFA’s executive committee. Two members were barred from voting, and some called for the vote to be postponed, saying it lacked credibility.
The scandal took off in mid-October when reporters for The Sunday Times of London, posing as lobbyists for American companies, reported that two FIFA executive committee members had offered to sell their votes. As a result, Amos Adamu of Nigeria and Reynald Temarii of Tahiti were barred from the sport and fined by FIFA.
The Sunday Times of London also reported that it secretly filmed a former general secretary of FIFA, Michel Zen-Ruffinen, giving the names of officials who could be bribed. The paper reported that he also said the Portugal-Spain bid for 2018 and the Qatar bid for 2022 were colluding on a vote-exchange scheme to enhance their chances.
Bid officials denied the charges. FIFA said it found no evidence of a vote-swapping
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