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France's head coach Didier Deschamps, right, greets France's Olivier Giroud during the World Cup group D soccer match between France and Australia, at the Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar on November 22, 2022. [AP Photo]
The Fifa World Cup, like our General Elections, comes once every five years. And like our polls, outcomes are sometimes contested, as was the award of Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup. It is alleged some palms were greased, with some Fifa commissioners receiving about $1.5m for their vote. Let's resist the temptation to convert that into shillings as the loots were not spent here!
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