Twelve months ago, the World Cup appeared to be coming together well, with fans excited to watch the world’s most popular game in matches in sixteen host cities. Now the “unity” bid is falling apart.
Fifa executives have unanimously voted to publish an “appropriate form” of the controversial report into allegations of corruption in the World Cup bidding process.
Qatar has been cleared of corruption allegations over its 2022 bid to host the football World Cup, but England has come under criticism in a Fifa report.
As England fans prepared for tonight’s game against Uruguay in Sao Paulo, some were attacked by a gang of hooligans.
The Croatian World Cup football squad is boycotting the world’s media in protest of nude photographs of members of the team being published around the world.