Qatar should stage World Cup only if exploitation stops - Champagne


Jerome Champagne speaks during a news conference in London January 20, 2014. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett

ZURICH (Reuters) - The 2022 World Cup should be held in Qatar only if the exploitation of migrant workers stops, FIFA presidential candidate Jerome Champagne told Reuters in an interview

The Frenchman said that FIFA's capability to govern the sport could be threatened by the continuing controversy over the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments and that "sanctity of the World Cup" was also at stake

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