Qatar confident its winning bid to host 2022 WC would stand despite fresh corruption allegations
Qatar is reportedly confident that its winning bid to host the 2022 World Cup would stand despite new allegations that a Qatari official used his high-level contacts to buy support for the OPEC member's bid.
The Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy said that it stands by a statement issued last week and denied any wrongdoings in securing the rights to host the tournament, Sport24 reported.
The comments came after a British newspaper released fresh allegations that Qatari Mohammed Bin Hammam, who is a longtime member of FIFA's executive committee, arranged government-level talks for a Thai FIFA executive to discuss a natural gas sale.
Qatar had last week denied allegations by the Britain's The Sunday Times that Bin Hamman made 5 million dollars in payouts to football officials to build support for the bid, the report added.