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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Once the new year rolled around, Ned Yost turned his attention to the upcoming season, the new pieces that the Kansas City Royals brought in and the possibilities for new lineups.He made the prospect of a contract extension seem almost like an afterthought.I think were in great shape headed into this year, Yost said Tuesday, shortly after the club announced their managers one-year boost through the 2016 season.We came as close as you can to winning a world championship last year, he said, and when you dont do it, it leaves a taste in your mouth. Its something you strive to do, and I think everyone in that locker room will tell you they want to finish this thing off.Yost became the Royals manager in May 2010 and presided over a massive rebuilding effort that culminated with the end of a 29-year playoff drought this past season. The Royals took San Francisco to the seventh game of the World Series, leaving the tying run on third base with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, before their season finally ended.With most of the major pieces of that team back, combined with free-agent acquisitions such as Alex Rios, Kendrys Morales and Edinson Volquez, hopes in Kansas City are higher than ever that the long-downtrodden franchise will be able to compete for the post-season again.As we all know, baseball is a very tough business, Royals general manager Dayton Moore said. Youre always striving for organizational harmony, and we have our key leaders — in this case the manager — signed through the next two years, it helps to create that harmony.The longest-tenured manager in club history, Yost will soon become its winningest. He already has 373 victories, trailing only Dick Howser (404) and Whitey Herzog (410), and should eclipse two of the franchises iconic names by the time summer rolls around.Yosts contract was due to expire after the upcoming season, but there was little question that he would receive an extension. He has a close relationship with Moore dating to their days in the Braves organization, and Yosts ability to guide a young and unproven lineup to its first AL pennant since the Reagan administration only strengthened his organizational standing.Not everything has gone perfectly for Yost, of course.He has often been lampooned for his in-game adjustments, including a questionable decision to use starter Yordano Ventura out of the bullpen in the playoffs. And his often-surly nature, which has seemed to mellow with time, has drawn the ire of some longtime Royals fans.He came to our organization in a point in time when we needed to be re-energized, and Ned brought a lot of hope and optimism, Moore said. Those are the character traits that we believe are very important for a successful major league manager.Yost said hes been busier this off-season than ever, doing appearances and events just about every weekend since the season ended. But even as he sat in a deer stand on Tuesday, waiting for something worth shooting to amble by, his thoughts were already on the upcoming season.I go back and I look at the World Series and theres not much I would have done different, Yost said. I feel like we were in every single game. You look at the matchups we had, the situations that ended up costing us, they were all matchups we wanted. ... They just didnt work out. But you still have that taste, you know? 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The 22-year-old Algeria international, who played for France at Under 21 level, has made 87 league appearances in four seasons at Saint-Etienne.GENEVA - A long-awaited day of judgment on World Cup hosts Russia and Qatar turned into another day of FIFA disarray.Nearly four years after FIFA chose Russia and Qatar to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, the football bodys ethics judge exonerated the two countries of any corruption in their winning bids and cleared them to stage the sports showpiece tournament.The ruling by German judge Joachim Eckert came despite evidence of some improper conduct by eight of the nine bids.Eckerts report was denounced by critics as a whitewash and harshly contested by the American prosecutor who led the investigation.Michael Garcia, the former U.S. Attorney in Manhattan, said he will appeal Eckerts decision to close the case, saying it was based on materially incomplete and erroneous interpretation of his own findings — 430 pages of investigative work sealed by FIFA from public scrutiny.A 42-page report released by FIFA and designed to bestow integrity on the next two World Cup hosts had its own ethics attacked. Eckerts strongest criticism was levelled not at Qatar or Russia but at Englands failed 2018 bid — for aggressively wooing a key FIFA voter.I think its a bit of a joke ... the whole process, said Englands Football Association chairman Greg Dyke.CONCACAF President Jeffrey Webb of the Cayman Islands and U.S. Soccer Federation President Sunil Gulati, both members of FIFAs ruling executive committee, called for Garcias work to be released with appropriate redactions.Given the disagreement between the two chairmen of the Investigatory and Adjudicatory Chambers of the Ethics Committee and to ensure complete transparency, we believe the full report ... should be made public as soon as possible, the two said in a joint statement.Eckert refused to identify any FIFA voters placed under suspicion by Garcia and praised FIFA President Sepp Blatter, while omitting pointed criticisms in the investigation files.What wrongdoing had occurred, Eckert said, did not impair the integrity of voting in 2010 by an often-discredited FIFA executive committee.Todays decision by (Eckert) contains numerous materially incomplete and erroneous representations of the facts and conclusions detailed in the Investigatory Chambers report, Garcia said in a statement released by his law firm. I intend to appeal this decision to the FIFA Appeal Committee.Garcia had called for key details of his investigation to be published. That provoked clashes with Blatter, who has helped protect the privacy of his boardroom colleaguees implicated in seeking favours.ddddddddddddGarcias sealed report criticizes a culture of entitlement at FIFA and the quality of Blatters leadership, an official familiar with Garcias findings told The Associated Press. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the dossier is supposed to be confidential.Garcia could be suspended by FIFA if he publicly reveals details of the case, and removed from office when the 209 member associations meet at their congress next May 29. On that same day, Blatter is expected to be elected to a fifth term.Eckerts report seemed to confirm that the 2022 World Cup would definitely be played in Qatar — though exactly when is still unclear as FIFA seeks an alternative to the desert heat in June and July. Qatar has also come under scrutiny for its treatment of foreign labourers.FIFA welcomes the fact that a degree of closure has been reached, the governing body said. As such, FIFA looks forward to continuing the preparations for Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022, which are already well underway.Closure seems a long way off in an investigation which could take FIFA and some of its officials into sports courts into 2016.Eckert saw no proof of bribes or voting pacts in a probe hampered by unco-operative witnesses and a lack of access to evidence.The evaluation of the 2018/2022 FIFA World Cups bidding process is closed for the FIFA Ethics Committee, the German judge wrote in his FIFA statement.Both host countries, however, had issues highlighted by Eckert.Qatars bid had potentially problematic facts and circumstances, plus a significant lack of transparency in its use of advisers.Eckert played down previously reported Qatari payments which raised suspicion: Buying exclusive campaigning rights to an African football meeting in Angola, and a wealthy individual who lured Argentina and Brazil to play a match in Doha.Russias bid conduct was barely criticized, though Garcias team had little material to work with.Computers leased for use by Russia staffers were later destroyed, and bid officials said email accounts could not be accessed despite requests to Google.Asked Thursday if Russia had co-operated fully, bid CEO Alexei Sorokin said: Yes, we did. We think we did our best.Eckert condemned England for wooing disgraced former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner and damaging the image of FIFA and the bidding process.The corruption case is still open for past and current members of FIFAs ruling board, but it is unclear who might be targeted. ' ' '