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FIFA chief makes World Cup vow
- Updated: October 6, 2016
FIFA president Gianni Infantino insists the 2026 World Cup bidding process will be free of the controversy which surrounded the selection of Russia and Qatar as the next two hosts.
The former UEFA general secretary was responding to a recent claim by US President Barack Obama that decisions on who stages the Olympic Games and World Cups may be corrupt.
“I can’t speak about the past, but what I can promise is that we need to look very seriously at the application process for 2026 to assure ourselves that the process is transparent and beyond reproach,” he said.
In the wake of corruption scandals involving FIFA since May 2015, there had been calls for re-votes or cancellations of the 2018 World Cup in Russia …
