Fifa president Sepp Blatter says the vote to decide who will host the 2018 and 2022 World Cup tournaments will still take place on December 2 this year. Fifa has made the decision despite two of its executive members being suspended for allegedly selling votes. "We are five weeks from the final decision so there was never a question of changing anything," said Blatter. "So on 2 December the Fifa executive committee will decide in a secret ballot the hosts for 2018 and 2022." Although Fifa has decided to press ahead with the voting schedule Blatter did admit it may have been a mistake to run the bidding process for the two competitions at the same time. The two Fifa executive members who have been suspended are Nigerian Amos Adamu and Tahiti 's Reynald Temarii, and the pair are under investigation by the organisation's ethics panel. Blatter confirmed that a ruling on their future is expected on 17 November and, if the two are not reinstated, then only ...
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