Breaking news: FIFA has just announced the host nations for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. In something of an upset, Russia got 2018 over the favored bids from England and Spain/Portugal, and Qatar got the 2022 games despite heavy lobbying from the USA bid committee. Qatar has promised a lot, though, including …

… reportedly, an entirely new city built for the final, and all-new enclosed (and carbon-neutral) stadiums, which will be dismantled after the tournament, and reassembled in underprivileged parts of the world.

This article appears in November 26 • 2010.

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