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FIFA insiders say World Cup voting could be re-cast

FIFA insiders refuse to rule out re-casting the voting for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosting.

It's also claimed Russia and/or Qatar could be stripped of the tournaments.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has stated unequivocally that Russia and Qatar will stage the events and ethics judge Hans-Joachim Eckert has ruled that a corruption probe found nothing that to undermine the 'integrity' of the votes, which were four years ago this week.

But well-placed sources have told The Mail on Sunday that the integrity of the 14-8 vote in favour of Qatar for 2022 in particular is "clouded in doubt at the least" because of two ongoing investigations involving voting members of FIFA's Executive Committee (ExCo).

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