Qatar World Cup: Fifa official Jack Warner was 'paid $2m'

New claims surrounding controversial World Cup vote 'should not come as a surprise'

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THE 2022 Qatar World Cup has been engulfed by yet more controversy after it was claimed that a disgraced Fifa official was payed almost $2m (£1.2m) by a Qatari firm shortly after the shock decision to award the tournament to the Gulf state in 2010.

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