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The only thing more surprising than today's decision by FIFA to send the 2018 World Cup to Russia and the 2022 version of the tournament to Qatar is the shock and awe I have seen in the English-speaking world. This was never a fair fight it was only about money and greed. I stood at the Newseum in downtown Washington this morning for the announcement at the DC USA Bid event, and you could feel the air go out of the room as Sepp Blatter pulled Qatar's name from the 2022 envelope, choosing a country of roughly 1 million people that holds no footballing tradition over several well-qualified (but less well-funded) bids.
Alex Caulfield @ Dec 3, 2010 2:56 AM EDT | Blog Profile
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