Russia has been chosen to host the 2018 World Cup football and Qatar has been selected to stage the 2022 tournament.
The Russian bid was picked ahead of England, Spain-Portugal and Holland-Belgium to host the 2018 event.
Qatar got the better of the United States, Australia, Japan and South Korea to stage in 2022.
Both decisions were made yesterday following a secret ballot of football’s world governing body Fifa’s 22 executive members in Zurich.
It is the first time that either Russia or Qatar has been chosen as host nation for the World Cup. -BBC online
