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World Cups in Russia and Qatar not changing, says Gianni Infantino

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani and Sepp Blatter
Image: Qatar won the World Cup hosting rights in 2010

New FIFA president Gianni Infantino has confirmed the next two World Cups will still take place in Russia in 2018 and Qatar in 2022.

Russia and Qatar won the right to host the tournaments in a controversial vote in Zurich in December 2010.

Swiss prosecutors are investigating the bidding processes for the two tournaments.

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New FIFA president Gianni Infantino says he is ready to lead world football's governing body into a new era after winning Friday's election

Infantino went to FIFA's headquarters as the president for the first time on Monday. After playing up front in a celebratory football game, he said FIFA would be pressing ahead with organising the tournaments in Russia and Qatar.

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Last March, the FIFA executive committee decided to move the 2022 tournament to the winter months because of the summer heat in Qatar.

The move was recommended by a FIFA task force headed by Infantino's election rival Sheikh Salman of Bahrain.  

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Former FIFA presidential candidate and Portugal midfielder Luis Figo says new president Gianni Infantino is the right man at the helm

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