Qatar denies US bribery allegations

Qatar denies US bribery allegations

Qatar has paid a bribe to host the 2022 World Cup, a claim brought to light by the US Department of Justice.

There are similar allegations against Russia, the host of the 2018 World Cup. However, they are not paying attention to the allegations of corruption in the organizer election.

Russia won the 2018 World Cup and Qatar was chosen to host the 2022 World Cup. However, a few days later, suspicions and rumors of corruption began. Last Monday, for the first time, the US Department of Justice brought a formal complaint.

According to prosecutors, representatives of Russia and Qatar bribed FIFA executive committee officials to vote for them in important decisions. The Qatar World Cup Organizing Committee (SC) has strongly denied the allegations.

"Despite years of false claims, there is no evidence that Qatar has unethically acquired the right to host the 2022 World Cup or conspired to break FIFA's strict bidding rules."

Qatar's Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC) has said all the rules for hosting the 2018 and 2022 World Cups have been strictly adhered to, adding that the allegations were baseless and would be dealt with severely.

FIFA said in a statement that it was in favor of investigating all "criminal wrongdoings".

"The football officials mentioned in the indictment have already been banned by the FIFA Ethics Committee for various periods, including a life ban."

Earlier, FIFA had strongly denied allegations in the media that there had been no corruption in the hosting of the two World Cups. But the new US allegations are raising questions surrounding the World Cup in Qatar. The next World Cup is scheduled to be held in November-December 2022.

Russia was joined by England, Belgium-Netherlands, and Portugal-Spain in the race to host the 2018 World Cup. In addition to Qatar, the United States, Australia, Japan, South Korea, and Indonesia wanted to host the 2022 World Cup.

Russia says to remember the successful event in 2018. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said they were not thinking about the US allegations.

"Russia has the legal right to host the World Cup. There is no opportunity to give or take bribes here. I'm rejecting it. We are proud that Russia has hosted the best World Cup in history. "

Jack Warner, then FIFA vice-president, was paid ওই 5 million by various shell companies to vote for Russia in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, according to a US Department of Justice indictment.

The long-running U.S. investigation has led to many other allegations against Warner. He is fighting corruption charges in his hometown of Trinidad and Tobago. Earlier, it was alleged that Warner was paid a million dollars to vote for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

From the beginning, however, the 6-year-old football official has been denying all allegations of corruption against him. At the time, Warner was president of CONCACAF, a football organization in North and Central America and the Caribbean.

 Three South American members of FIFA's 2010 executive committee have also been accused of taking bribes. Ricardo Teiseira of Brazil, Nicolas Leos of Paraguay, and his accomplice (name unknown) took bribes in exchange for voting for Qatar in the 2022 World Cup.

Lewis, who was fighting a corruption case in the United States, died under house arrest on February 26, 2019. Teiseira was banned for life from 2008 to 2012 for accepting bribes for marketing and media rights to various football competitions.

In 2014, under then-President Jeep Blatter, FIFA dismissed allegations of corruption in hosting the World Cup in Russia and Qatar.

On 28 May 2015, seven FIFA officials were arrested in Zurich on corruption charges. Two days later, Blatter was re-elected for a fifth term. The officer, who has been the president of the company for more than 18 years, was later banned for alleged involvement.