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More turmoil for FIFA and World Cup bidding contests

Yahoo! Sports | June 10, 2015

Related Topics: FIFA, FIFA World Cup, Jérôme Valcke, Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini

On another day of turmoil for FIFA and the World Cup, the bidding contest for the 2026 tournament was put on hold.

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FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke said Wednesday it would be ''nonsense'' to begin the next bidding process on schedule this week amid the American investigation into soccer corruption.

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