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The number of alleged money laundering transactions linked to the 2018 and 2022 World Cups bids won by Russia and Qatar has ballooned from 53 to 81.

• 13 июля 2015, 12:40

Exactly a year after their 7-1 World Cup humiliation by Germany, Brazil's once all-conquering football team appears as lost as ever and with no quick way back.

• 08 июля 2015, 13:30

Russia and Qatar could lose the 2018 and 2022 World Cups if irregularities are proven in them being awarded the hosting rights.

• 08 июня 2015, 16:22

FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke on Friday confirmed Russia and Qatar will host the World Cups in 2018 and 2022 respectively.

• 30 мая 2015, 12:36

South Africa's former president Thabo Mbeki joined government officials in denying allegations that the country paid bribes to secure the right to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

• 29 мая 2015, 13:48

South African officials paid more than $10 million in bribes to host the 2010 World Cup and handed over a briefcase stuffed with $10,000 stacks of banknotes in Paris.

• 28 мая 2015, 14:40

Key World Cup sponsors including McDonald's, Adidas and Budweiser expressed strong concerns after global football body FIFA was enveloped by a new corruption scandal.

• 28 мая 2015, 13:28

Kazakhstani skier Alexey Poltoranin has arrived second at the Tour de Ski 15-kilometer classic race.

• 13 января 2015, 13:10

Kazakh athlete Yuliya Galysheva has won a gold medal in dual moguls at Freestyle Skiing World Cup held on December 13 in Ruka, Finland.

• 16 декабря 2014, 13:08

World football boss Sepp Blatter said that FIFA categorically backs Russia's staging of the 2018 World Cup and praised its preparations.

• 28 октября 2014, 15:49

The Russian government approved rules on subsidising construction of infrastructure for the 2018 football World Cup.

• 08 августа 2014, 13:48

Kazakhstan's sport website Vesti.kz has selected the most beautiful fans of World Cup 2014 Final.

• 01 августа 2014, 14:27

Norberto Odebrecht, founder of the Brazilian construction company behind large-scale infrastructure projects including several World Cup stadiums, was buried Sunday after dying of heart failure. He was 93.

• 22 июля 2014, 09:52

The World Cup in Brazil has ended but the memories will stay with us for a long time.

• 16 июля 2014, 19:51

Russia's President Vladimir Putin vowed "an unforgettable football feast" when his country hosts the 2018 World Cup.

• 15 июля 2014, 09:55

Mario Goetze scored a superb extra-time winner as Germany beat Argentina 1-0 to become the first European team to win a World Cup held in South America.

• 14 июля 2014, 10:11

Sales of flat panel televisions across Southeast Asia rose sharply in May as demand soared in the football-crazy region ahead of the World Cup, a report said.

• 10 июля 2014, 13:42

Brazilians might have thought that their World Cup nightmare couldn't possibly get any worse -- and then bitter rivals Argentina reached the final in their own backyard.

• 10 июля 2014, 11:41

Brazil's World Cup dream was smashed into oblivion Tuesday as majestic Germany ran riot to win an extraordinary semi-final 7-1, sending the hosts crashing to the worst defeat in their 100-year footballing history.

• 09 июля 2014, 10:57

India's largest private company Reliance Industries said it was investigating how costly World Cup tickets it had bought ended up on the Brazilian black market.

• 09 июля 2014, 10:41