... to further women's football," to the surprise of many Joao Havelange not only agreed with the suggestion but said he would personally back the movement setting up an ad hoc committee as a first step. If football intended to reach universal status then obviously it could not neglect half of the world population and so it was only a matter of time before ... that this is already being done and its results are positive, the best example at this was seen at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, which will be remembered for being the first Games to include women's football as an Olympic event. Nea...

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... to celebrate 'the beautiful game' – the FIFA World Cup. Years in advance, countries bid to win the hosting rights for this prestigious tournament. Members of the FIFA Executive Committee vote for the nation that best fits the characteristics necessary to display the art of football (The Irish Times). In 2010, FIFA granted Qatar the rights to host the 2022 ... of them (FIFA). Qatar used bribery to earn votes to win host of the world cup (Gibson). Within the next two years after the 2010 vote, almost half of the committee was confronted with corruption allegations (Gibson). The mos...

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