The allegations against Qatar are growing. Now it alleged Qatar paid $1.7m to secure Asian votes as well as allegedly selling lower price LNG to Thailand.
From Soccernet:
FIFA's decision to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar came under further scrutiny as The Sunday Times published new allegations that Mohamed Bin Hammam used his wealth and top level contacts to buy support for the oil-rich country's successful bid.
The newspaper, which last week claimed that the former FIFA Executive Committee member made payments totaling $5 million to senior football officials to seal support for Qatar, also accused Bin Hammam of using $1.7 million to secure key Asian votes.
It alleged that Bin Hammam arranged government level talks for Thailand's FIFA executive Worawi Makudi to discuss a gas sale "potentially worth tens of millions of dollars to Thailand'' and that he was invited to visit Vladimir Putin before Russia and Qatar's victories in the votes for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
Under a front-page headline of "Gas deal turns heat on World Cup," the newspaper alleged that Bin Hammam arranged meeting and favors for voters in the months leading to the ballots.
The 2010 vote, which awarded football's biggest tournament to the tiny desert state, is under investigation by FIFA's independent ethics prosecutor. Qatar organizers deny any wrongdoing.
In a statement released on Saturday following its Executive Committee's second meeting of the year in Sao Paulo, FIFA said "the executive reaffirmed its position of letting the ethics committee complete its work before making any comment."
According to the newspaper, which says it had access to millions of secret documents during its investigation, Bin Hammam brokered two secret meetings with Qatari royals to discuss a major gas deal with a senior aide to Makudi.
"The exact nature of the deal on the table is unclear, but it came as Thailand sought to save tens of millions of pounds by renegotiating an arrangement with Qatar to purchase 1 million tons of liquefied natural gas each year at a contractual price it considered too high," the newspaper said.
The Sunday Times said that Makudi denied that he had received a personal "concession" from his involvement but did not elaborate.
Bin Hammam is no longer a committee member of world football's governing body after being caught up in a corruption scandal surrounding his failed campaign for its presidency in 2011.
Qatar paid $1.7m for Asian Votes
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Still can't imagine the World Cup in Qatar, look at how the players have struggled in Manus and every game in Qatar will be hotter, unless it changes to winter which would provide its own issues
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According to weather.com, the 10 day forecast for Doha is:
43, 44, 44, 44, 44, 46, 46, 46, 45, 41.
Perfect football weather.
43, 44, 44, 44, 44, 46, 46, 46, 45, 41.
Perfect football weather.
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What a joke that FIFA allowed a submission.wizard wrote:According to weather.com, the 10 day forecast for Doha is:
43, 44, 44, 44, 44, 46, 46, 46, 45, 41.
Perfect football weather.
Time for an external investigation not FIFA auditing FIFA.
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What about in january?wizard wrote:According to weather.com, the 10 day forecast for Doha is:
43, 44, 44, 44, 44, 46, 46, 46, 45, 41.
Perfect football weather.
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admin wrote:The allegations against Qatar are growing. Now it alleged Qatar paid $1.7m to secure Asian votes as well as allegedly selling lower price LNG to Thailand.
From Soccernet:
FIFA's decision to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar came under further scrutiny as The Sunday Times published new allegations that Mohamed Bin Hammam used his wealth and top level contacts to buy support for the oil-rich country's successful bid.
The newspaper, which last week claimed that the former FIFA Executive Committee member made payments totaling $5 million to senior football officials to seal support for Qatar, also accused Bin Hammam of using $1.7 million to secure key Asian votes.
It alleged that Bin Hammam arranged government level talks for Thailand's FIFA executive Worawi Makudi to discuss a gas sale "potentially worth tens of millions of dollars to Thailand'cheap and nasty and that he was invited to visit Vladimir Putin before Russia and Qatar's victories in the votes for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
Under a front-page headline of "Gas deal turns heat on World Cup," the newspaper alleged that Bin Hammam arranged meeting and favors for voters in the months leading to the ballots.
The 2010 vote, which awarded football's biggest tournament to the tiny desert state, is under investigation by FIFA's independent ethics prosecutor. Qatar organizers deny any wrongdoing.
In a statement released on Saturday following its Executive Committee's second meeting of the year in Sao Paulo, FIFA said "the executive reaffirmed its position of letting the ethics committee complete its work before making any comment."
According to the newspaper, which says it had access to millions of secret documents during its investigation, Bin Hammam brokered two secret meetings with Qatari royals to discuss a major gas deal with a senior aide to Makudi.
"The exact nature of the deal on the table is unclear, but it came as Thailand sought to save tens of millions of pounds by renegotiating an arrangement with Qatar to purchase 1 million tons of liquefied natural gas each year at a contractual price it considered too high," the newspaper said.
The Sunday Times said that Makudi denied that he had received a personal "concession" from his involvement but did not elaborate.
Bin Hammam is no longer a committee member of world football's governing body after being caught up in a corruption scandal surrounding his failed campaign for its presidency in 2011.
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How the shiraz do you elaborate on something that didn't happen? Who writes this cabernet, a bottle of shiraz ten year old?admin wrote:The Sunday Times said that Makudi denied that he had received a personal "concession" from his involvement but did not elaborate.
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