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1 Russian fury on eve of World Cup vote
by Rob Woollard, AFP
46 mins ago
| ZURICH (AFP) – Last-ditch lobbying for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups cranked into overdrive Wednesday as Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin launched a thinly veiled attack against England’s bid on the eve of the vote.
The five countries battling for the 2022 football extravaganza — Australia, the United States, South Korea, Japan and Qatar — showcased their bids one last time in presentations at FIFA headquarters in Zurich. Meanwhile, high-powered delegations from countries slugging it out for the 2018 tournament were engaging in frenzied politicking with the climax to the scandal-tainted vote less than 24 hours away. |
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