前FIFA官員承認受賄 FBI調查世界盃主辦權

FBI expands World Cup probe

FBI調查世界盃主辦權

The FBI is investigating how Russia and Qatar were awarded the 2018 and 2022 World Cup tournaments as part of its expanding probe into corruption at FIFA, people with knowledge of the investigation said.

知情人士透露，美國聯邦調查局(FBI)正在調查俄羅斯和卡塔爾被授予2018年和2022年世界盃主辦權的過程。此舉是該局全面調查國際足聯腐敗問題的一部分。

The probe is likely to intensify doubts over whether the two countries should host the competition.

此次調查很可能會加劇人們對這兩個國家是否應該主辦世界盃的質疑。

Qatar and Russia remained defiant on Wednesday even as critics across the world used the resignation of FIFA boss Sepp Blatter to call for the stripping of their rights to hold the tournaments.

卡塔爾和俄羅斯3日依然態度強硬，儘管世界各地的評論人士利用國際足聯主席布拉特辭職一事呼籲剝奪這兩個國家的主辦權。

In a separate report, former FIFA executive Chuck Blazer admitted in 2013 to accepting bribes related to South Africa's 2010 World Cup bid, according to court filings released Wednesday.

另據3日公開的一份法庭文件，國際足聯前執委會成員布拉澤2013年承認，曾在2010年南非世界盃的申辦過程中接受賄賂。