Sunday Times: Plot to buy the World Cup Exposed

Leaked documents reveal the secret payments that helped Qatar win the bid to host the 2022 World Cup, the Sunday Times report.

In an exclusive article, the paper reveals how Qatar’s victory in the race to host the 2022 World Cup was sealed by a covert campaign by the country’s top football official, Mohamed bin Hammam.

According to the Sunday Times, the Fifa executive for Qatar used secret slush funds to make numerous payments amounting to more than $5m to senior football officials “to create a groundswell of support for Qatar’s plan to take world football by storm”.

Source: The Sunday Times