Russia, Qatar to host World Cups 2018 and 2022

Voting is over and Russia and Qatar will host FIFA World Cups for the first time in 2018 and 2022 respectively.

Russia was bidding against 1966 host England, Spain-Portugal and Holland-Belgium in Thursday’s vote at FIFA headquarters in Switzerland.

Qatar won the right to host the 2022 tournament ahead of bids from the United States, South Korea, Japan and Australia.