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Croatian coach Niko Kovac does not believe that the decision of referee Yuichi Nishimura to award Brazil a penalty kick that helped the latter win the opening match in the World Cup was called for, insinuating that the referee was biased with his call, Yahoo Sports reported.

If a now deleted tweet from ESPN commentator is to believe, the winning bid to host the 2022 World Cup would have been from the US, Buzzfeed reported.

A report by the National Journal questions why a global organization that prides itself from being socially-diverse like FIFA hand out hosting rights for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup events to countries who have legally and culturally oppose homosexuality.