Fifa’s Sepp Blatter says Australia deserves to host a World Cup

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The Fifa president Sepp Blatter has fired his opening salvo in his campaign for re-election by saying Australia deserves to host the World Cup and that it is an “unfortunate omission” the country has not done so before.

Australia gained only one vote when bidding for the 2022 World Cup, which was won by Qatar, and some Fifa observers believe Blatter was the one member of the world governing body’s executive committee who did vote for them.

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