{"id":396814,"date":"2017-06-27T09:20:55","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T09:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/27\/wc-2022-claims-of-corruption-in-qatar-bid-published\/"},"modified":"2017-06-27T09:20:55","modified_gmt":"2017-06-27T09:20:55","slug":"wc-2022-claims-of-corruption-in-qatar-bid-published","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/27\/wc-2022-claims-of-corruption-in-qatar-bid-published\/","title":{"rendered":"WC 2022: Claims of corruption in Qatar bid published"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"sp-story-body__introduction\">Claims of alleged corruption in Qatar\u2019s successful 2022 World Cup bid have been published in the German media.<\/p>\n<p>Bild newspaper<i class=\"sp-story-body__external-link-icon gelicon gelicon--external\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/> says it has obtained the \u201csuppressed\u201d 2014 report authored by former Fifa independent ethics investigator Michael Garcia.<\/p>\n<p>Bild\u2019s report includes details of a $2m (\u00a31.6m) sum allegedly paid to the 10-year-old daughter of a Fifa official.<\/p>\n<p>Garcia quit in December 2014 in protest at the handling of his report into the bidding process.<\/p>\n<p>The American lawyer cited a \u201clack of leadership\u201d as he left football\u2019s world governing body, whose executives unanimously agreed to publish a \u201clegally appropriate version\u201d of his report.<\/p>\n<p>That 42-page version cleared Qatar of corruption allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Bild says it will be publishing the full details of Garcia\u2019s 403-page report from Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper claims:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Three Fifa executive members were flown to a party in Rio in a private jet belonging to the Qatari federation before the vote for 2018 and 2022 hosting rights.<\/li>\n<li>The Aspire Academy in Qatar was implicated \u201cin a decisive manner\u201d in \u201cthe manipulation of Fifa members who had the right to vote\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In a Facebook post,<i class=\"sp-story-body__external-link-icon gelicon gelicon--external\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/> Peter Rossberg \u2013 the journalist who claims to have obtained the report \u2013 said it \u201cdoes not provide the proof that the 2018 or 2022 World Cup was bought\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He described its findings instead as \u201clike a puzzle that only makes sense when all parts are put together\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Fifa\u2019s inquiry looked at the conduct of all nine bidding teams who were trying to win the right to stage the 2022 World Cup or the 2018 event, which was awarded to Russia at the same ceremony in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking before he resigned, Garcia said the version of his report that Fifa published contained \u201cnumerous materially incomplete and erroneous representations\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Simon Johnson, who led England\u2019s 2018 bid team said: \u201cNow that I have seen Mr Garcia\u2019s statement, I am absolutely convinced that the report is a politically motivated whitewash.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>British MP Damian Collins also described it as \u201ca whitewash\u201d and \u201can attempt to con people\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe result is that allegations of bribery and serious wrongdoing remain unanswered and they are still suppressing the full report,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Fifa\u2019s final report strongly criticised the English Football Association.<\/p>\n<p>It said the body had tried to \u201ccurry favour\u201d with its former vice-president Jack Warner, who quit his role in 2011 amid bribery allegations. The FA rejected the claims, insisting it \u201cconducted a transparent bid\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>French prosecutors have also been investigating the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, and in April questioned former Fifa president Sepp Blatter \u201cas a witness\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>France\u2019s National Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office began its investigation last year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Claims of alleged corruption in Qatar\u2019s successful 2022 World Cup bid have been published in the German media. Bild newspaper says it has obtained the \u201csuppressed\u201d 2014 report authored by former Fifa independent ethics investigator Michael Garcia. Bild\u2019s report includes details of a $2m (\u00a31.6m) sum allegedly paid to the 10-year-old daughter of a Fifa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":396815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-396814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WC 2022: Claims of corruption in Qatar bid published - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/27\/wc-2022-claims-of-corruption-in-qatar-bid-published\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"WC 2022: Claims of corruption in Qatar bid published - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Claims of alleged corruption in Qatar\u2019s successful 2022 World Cup bid have been published in the German media. 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