The Qatar Conundrum
The Sunday Times reported yesterday that the hosting rights for the 2022 World Cup was essentially ‘bought’ by Qatari bid committee officials making payments of up to £3 million to members of FIFA’s executive committee. The news shocked few in football, and is the latest in a damaging string of high-profile corruption allegations against the game’s governing body. But with the scale of these claims, against the organising of football’s flagship event, it might be the one that enforces real change at the top of — Read more →