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FIFA Officials Were Bribed to Award World Cups to Russia and Qatar,<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/sports/soccer/qatar-and-russia-bribery-world-cup-fifa.amp.html U.S. Says FIFA Officials Were Bribed to Award World Cups to Russia and Qatar], ''The New York Times'', Apr 6, 2020.<blockquote>

FIFA Officials Were Bribed to Award World Cups to Russia and Qatar,<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/sports/soccer/qatar-and-russia-bribery-world-cup-fifa.amp.html U.S. Says FIFA Officials Were Bribed to Award World Cups to Russia and Qatar], ''The New York Times'', Apr 6, 2020.<blockquote>

For nearly a decade, Russia and Qatar have been suspected of buying votes to win hosting rights for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. On Monday, for the first time, the Department of Justice put things in black and white.</blockquote></ref><ref name=rb-18nov22>[https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2022/11/18/roger-bennett-amanpour-qatar-world-cup-controversy.cnn 'Sport is political,' says World Cup podcaster], ''CNN'', Nov 18, 2022. (Roger Bennett in interview).</ref> and it has been surrounded by many controversies.<ref>Ian Ward, [https://www.vox.com/world/23450515/world-cup-fifa-qatar-2022-controversy-scandals-explained The many, many controversies surrounding the 2022 World Cup, explained], ''Vox'', November 19, 2022.<blockquote>

For nearly a decade, Russia and Qatar have been suspected of buying votes to win hosting rights for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. On Monday, for the first time, the Department of Justice put things in black and white.</blockquote></ref><ref name=rb-18nov22>[https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2022/11/18/roger-bennett-amanpour-qatar-world-cup-controversy.cnn 'Sport is political,' says World Cup podcaster], ''CNN'', Nov 18, 2022. (Roger Bennett in interview).</ref> and it has been surrounded by many controversies.<ref>Ian Ward, [https://www.vox.com/world/23450515/world-cup-fifa-qatar-2022-controversy-scandals-explained The many, many controversies surrounding the 2022 World Cup, explained], ''Vox'', November 19, 2022.<blockquote>

Since FIFA awarded the 2022 World Cup to Qatar in 2010, the tournament has been ensnared in a tangled web of scandals.</blockquote></ref> including modern day slavery, racist exploitation, thousands of migrants deaths,<ref>[https://www.asianews.it/news-en/Over-6,500-migrant-workers-have-died-all-for-2022-soccer-world-cup-52440.html QATAR Over 6,500 migrant workers have died all for 2022 soccer world cup], Asia.it,  Feb 25, 2021</ref> cruel elimination of water drinking while working in the heat.

Since FIFA awarded the 2022 World Cup to Qatar in 2010, the tournament has been ensnared in a tangled web of scandals.</blockquote></ref> Including modern day slavery, racist exploitation, thousands of migrants deaths,<ref>[https://www.asianews.it/news-en/Over-6,500-migrant-workers-have-died-all-for-2022-soccer-world-cup-52440.html QATAR Over 6,500 migrant workers have died all for 2022 soccer world cup], Asia.it,  Feb 25, 2021</ref> cruel elimination of water drinking while working in the heat.<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/show/migrant-workers-recount-abuse-while-building-stadiums-for-world-cup-in-qatar Migrant workers recount abuse while building stadiums for World Cup in Qatar], ''PBS'', Nov 18, 2022<br><i> The water we got was almost 90 percent ice. We asked why they did that and told them it was impossible to drink water like that....</i></ref><ref>Aimee Lewis, Pramod Acharya and Sugam Pokharel, [https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/11/17/football/qatar-2022-world-cup-migrant-workers-human-rights-spt-intl/index.html Our dreams never came true.' These men helped build Qatar's World Cup, now they are struggling to survive], ''CNN'', November 17, 2022.</ref>

including modern day slavery, racist exploitation, thousands of migrants deaths, cruel elimination of water drinking whike working in the heat.<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/show/migrant-workers-recount-abuse-while-building-stadiums-for-world-cup-in-qatar Migrant workers recount abuse while building stadiums for World Cup in Qatar], ''PBS'', Nov 18, 2022<br><i> The water we got was almost 90 percent ice. We asked why they did that and told them it was impossible to drink water like that....</i></ref><ref>Aimee Lewis, Pramod Acharya and Sugam Pokharel, [https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/11/17/football/qatar-2022-world-cup-migrant-workers-human-rights-spt-intl/index.html Our dreams never came true.' These men helped build Qatar's World Cup, now they are struggling to survive], ''CNN'', November 17, 2022.</ref>

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