Could Russia Lose the 2018 World Cup?

... the FIFA presidential elections, representatives of Western football federations launched a massive campaign in support of Sepp Blatter’s rival, Prince Ali bin Hussein of Jordan . Such a tactic, clearly timed to coincide with the FIFA presidential ... ... current discontent with the organization was to do with the 2010 decision to award the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar , respectively. It is true that if Russia, isolated by the United States and its allies as a result of the events in Crimea ...