Title: FIFA Suspends Bidding for 2026 World Cup

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/206/fifa_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='FIFA Suspends Bidding for 2026 World Cup' data-article-id='457'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10500'>The world soccer organization, FIFA, said it has suspended the bidding process for the 2026 World Cup. </span> <span data-start-time='10500' data-end-time='19063'>FIFA said it would not continue the process because of a corruption investigation involving the group.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='19063' data-end-time='27417'>FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke announced the decision at a news conference in Russia Wednesday. </span> <span data-start-time='27417' data-end-time='34146'>He said it would be nonsense to start any bidding process for the time being.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='34146' data-end-time='41729'>FIFA members were to choose the host country at a meeting in Malaysia in 2017.</span> <span data-start-time='41729' data-end-time='53500'>The United States, Canada, Mexico, and European countries are thought to be among the likely candidates to hold championship series.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' 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The world soccer organization, FIFA, said it has suspended the bidding process for the 2026 World Cup. FIFA said it would not continue the process because of a corruption investigation involving the group.

FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke announced the decision at a news conference in Russia Wednesday. He said it would be nonsense to start any bidding process for the time being.

FIFA members were to choose the host country at a meeting in Malaysia in 2017. The United States, Canada, Mexico, and European countries are thought to be among the likely candidates to hold championship series.

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