Gianni Infantino, head of FIFA, and Donald Trump, then president of the United States.
Bribes, threats, dark deals and money laundering are behind the choice of the Arab country. France finally changed its vote
The United States was the best placed candidate to host the 2022 World Cup, ahead of Australia, South Korea, Japan and Qatar. However, in the fourth and last vote held at FIFA at the end of 2010, several delegates -France, for example- changed their minds. Qatar won by 22 votes to 14. It later emerged that,
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