Fifa faces call to vote again over 2022 World Cup after leaked Qatari emails
Communications purport to show series of payments to officials by Mohamed bin Hammam, who was Fifa's member for Qatar
Hasnain says:
"The Fifa inspection team ranked Qatar as the only "high-risk" option overall, yet it was still chosen by 14 of the 22 voting members of the executive committee in December 2010. The Fifa president said it was now "probable" that it would be played in the winter rather than the summer due to the heat. Blatter insisted, however, that Qatar, which spent huge sums on ambassadors and development programmes, had not "bought" the World Cup."
Posted on 2014-06-02T01:20:43+0000