The selection process for the Spanish host cities of the 2030 FIFA World Cup, to be jointly organized by Spain, Portugal and Morocco, has come under intense scrutiny following revelations published by the Spanish newspaper El Mundo.These reports suggest a potential manipulation of technical scoring outcomes by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), raising serious concerns about the procedural integrity of the bid. According to the allegations, the RFEF unilaterally and without public explanation altered the technical scores assigned to candidate stadiums. Such conduct, within a process presented as open, technical and guided by objective criteria, ought to have met the minimum standards of publicity, transparency and traceability.
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On 25 June 2024, a meeting of the Spanish bid’s evaluation team took place at the RFEF headquarters in Las Rozas, Madrid, in the executive office of Fernando Sanz. The meeting was chaired by María Tato, then director of the Spanish bid and a...
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