A desire to make history, and the opportunity to partner with the natural gas fortune of the Qatari royal family, ultimately proved irresistible to FIFA.

国际足联最终被突破历史的渴望以及卡塔尔王室丰富的天然气资源所征服。

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The 2018 bid team has been criticised for purchasing luxury handbags, one for the wife or partner of each of the 24 Fifa voters, with Fifa vice president Jack Warner returning the gift, describing his wife as "sacrosanct".

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Mr Blatter said Fifa was breaking new ground in signing up their latest sponsor, or partner, for the next two World Cups.

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