Qatar ‘offered $880m secret payments to Fifa’

Fresh allegations of corruption surrounding the Gulf state’s 2022 World Cup bid emerge

Qatar 2022 World Cup
Qatar was awarded the 2022 World Cup by Fifa in 2010 
(Image credit: Karim Jaafar/AFP/Getty Images)

Qatar secretly offered $400m to Fifa ahead of the football governing body’s controversial decision to award the 2022 World Cup to the Gulf state, according to leaked documents.

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