Is it possible that FIFA is the most corrupt sports organisation in the World?

[MOBIUS]

Russia and Qatar for the World Cups in 2018 and 2022!?

[Tupac Shakur]

Boo hoo.

[Asher]

Boring sport, boring world cups, boring venues, boring scandals.

[MOBIUS]

Boo hoo.

Boo Hoo!? We dodged a big ****ing bullet there!

[Elok]

Boring sport, boring world cups, boring venues, boring scandals.

+1, though it's not like I care for any sport.

[MOBIUS]

I pity you.

[Cort Haus]

Russia are a proper footballing nation who haven't had a WC yet. Even if they bribed FIFA they're a reasonable venue.

Quatar, OTOH, is less so. Officially a high-risk host, a tiny desert country where homosexuality, exposed female flesh, alcohol and public intimacy are either illegal or close to it, and 50 degrees centigrade in summer. Doesn't sound ideal really.

Anyway, everyone knows that the only tournament that really matters is the Carling Cup. Until January, at least.

[Cort Haus]

Oh, and Japan, Korea, and USA for being greedy enough to want to host another WC so shortly after having hosted one.

[Riesstiu IV]

Officially a high-risk host, a tiny desert country where homosexuality, exposed female flesh, alcohol and public intimacy are either illegal or close to it, and 50 degrees centigrade in summer. Doesn't sound ideal really.

Sounds like Utah.

[Serb]

Russia and Qatar for the World Cups in 2018 and 2022!?

Looser.

Happy Putin Ooops, he did it again

[Cort Haus]

Ah, Serb. Good to see you. :wave:

Arshavin is finally starting to play well this season. This is good, as he's a player who can produce something out of nothing, when he can be bothered. Was he ever accused of being lazy when he was at Zenit?

[OneFootInTheGrave]

looking forward to going to Russia in 2018

I hope we qualify

[MOBIUS]

Looser.

Happy Putin Ooops, he did it again

I refer you to post #4.

Good riddance - enjoy wallowing in the stinking filth of your mafia nation's corruption!

[a.kitman]

you should see some of the stadiums that qatar are planning.

http://www.skysports.com/gallery/detail/0,20501,15241_6460734,00.html

let them host a wc before the oil money is gone.

[Cort Haus]

USA commentator complaining about FIFA corruption :

http://rothkopf.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/12/02/sepp_blatters_qatar_as_rhymes_with_gutter_politics

This bit was funny though:

Quatar ... Located at a huge distance from most of the fans who might want to go?

I'm not sure he's thought that bit through.