World Cup 2022: Qatar bid team accused of secret campaign to sabotage rivals

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Source: BBC

The Qatar 2022 World Cup bid team ran a secret campaign in 2010 to sabotage competing host bids, according to a report published by the Sunday Times.
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A respected academic was paid $9,000 to write a negative report on the huge economic cost of an American World Cup, which was then distributed to news media around the world.

Journalists, bloggers and high-profile figures were recruited in each country to hype up negative aspects of their respective bids.

A group of American physical education teachers were recruited to ask their US Congressmen to oppose a US World Cup on the grounds that the money would be better used on high school sports.



Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44994041

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1. Humans everywhere are corrupt creatures.