FIFA refused to take away from Russia the right to host the 2018 World Cup soccer
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World Championships 2018 and 2022 will be held in Russia and Qatar respectively . FIFA will not hold elections owners of these championships again, despite the corruption scandal. This at a press conference, announced the press-secretary of FIFA, Walter de Gregorio.
The presidential elections will also be held by FIFA in time, as scheduled. Question postponement of elections was not raised, said de Gregorio.
The press conference was convened following the arrest of the leaders of FIFA, detained on Wednesday morning in Zurich. There were arrested six officials, including the vice-president of the Federation Jeffrey Webb. Arrests made at the request of the US police, which is investigating corruption in FIFA, regarding the marketing and sale of sports rights to broadcast. The charges brought against the fourteen current and former FIFA officials.
Along the Swiss police announced an investigation into the vote that determined the home World Cup in 2018 and 2022. As part of the investigation of the case on Wednesday morning were questioned ten people.
De Gregorio said that neither the US nor the Swiss police did not have questions to FIFA president Sepp Blatter and Secretary General Jerome Valcke organization. A spokesman for FIFA said that the organization can only welcome the investigation and is ready to cooperate with law enforcement. According to Gregorio, in this case it was the FIFA injured party.
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