Corruption

Why is the U.S. bringing down the hammer on FIFA?

The World Cup is a big deal. It comes around every four years and when it does, it's the biggest sporting spectacle on the planet. It's a financial windfall for any country that wins the rights to host it. Think of all those tourism dollars. So nations go for it with a ferocious intensity.But when FIFA awarded the 2018 games to Russia and followed that with the even more head-scratching choice of Qatar in 2022, critics and other governments cried foul. They smelled shenanigans. They wanted a transparent account of the bidding process to see if Qatar and Russia cut any corners.