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Is It 'Game Over' for World Cup in Qatar?

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As investigations into the FIFA soccer scandal deepen, Qatar may have much to lose: its host status for the 2022 World Cup. In recent days, a FIFA official said that the oil-rich Gulf kingdom – as well as Russia, host to the 2018 Cup – could lose the right to stage games if investigations demonstrate that the two countries bought votes. "If evidence should emerge that the awards to Qatar and Russia only came about thanks to bought votes, then the awards could be invalidated,"...

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