Qatar football official paid $5 million for 2022 World Cup bid support

Publish date : 1 June, 2014

LONDON: A British newspaper alleged on Sunday that a former top Qatar football official paid $5 million to get support for the emirate’s campaign to host the 2022 World Cup.

The Sunday Times said it had obtained millions of emails and other documents relating to alleged payments made by Mohamed Bin Hammam, the then Fifa executive member for Qatar. Agency.