{"id":64702,"date":"2014-11-13T09:23:06","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T09:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=64702"},"modified":"2014-11-13T09:23:06","modified_gmt":"2014-11-13T09:23:06","slug":"world-cup-inquiry-clears-qatar-criticises-english-fa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/11\/world-cup-inquiry-clears-qatar-criticises-english-fa\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup inquiry clears Qatar but criticises English FA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"story_continues_1\" class=\"introduction\" style=\"color: #1c1c1c;\">The English Football Association has been accused of damaging the image of Fifa in its attempt to win the right to stage the 2018 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #1c1c1c;\">A Fifa report says the FA behaved improperly when trying to win the backing of a key voter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #1c1c1c;\">However, Qatar have been cleared of any wrongdoing during their successful bid to stage the 2022 World Cup, thus ending talks of a possible re-vote.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #1c1c1c;\">The Gulf state had faced a number of corruption allegations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #1c1c1c;\">The news that the FA has come in for criticism is a surprise given that it has repeatedly called for transparency in the voting process and accused Fifa of not doing enough to stamp out corruption.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #1c1c1c;\">The FA is accused of trying to &#8220;curry favour&#8221; with former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner, who quit his role in 2011 amid bribery allegations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #1c1c1c;\">Individuals involved in England&#8217;s bid could now face action following the conclusion of the two-year inquiry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #1c1c1c;\">Fifa&#8217;s report, which also looks at the conduct of other bidding nations for both the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, makes a number of damaging points about the conduct of England bid officials.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #1c1c1c;\">In particular, it says England&#8217;s bid team tried to win the support of Warner, who is from Trinidad &amp; Tobago, by:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>Trying to help &#8220;a person of interest to him&#8221; find a part time job in the United Kingdom<\/li>\n<li>Letting the Trinidad and Tobago Under-20 squad hold a training camp in the UK in the summer of 2009<\/li>\n<li>Sponsoring a gala dinner for the Caribbean Football Union, at a cost of $55,000, around \u00a335,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #1c1c1c;\">In his 42-page summary of the 430-page report, Hans Joachim Eckert, Fifa&#8217;s independent ethics adjudicator, writes that England&#8217;s bid team &#8220;showed a willingness, time and again&#8221; to meet Warner&#8217;s expectations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #1c1c1c;\">By doing so, it damaged &#8220;the image of Fifa and the bidding process&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #1c1c1c;\">The inquiry looked at the conduct of all nine bidding teams who were trying to win the right to stage either the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #1c1c1c;\">It was initiated after a number of corruption allegations were made once voting had taken place in 2010.<\/p>\n<div class=\"data-table-outer\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<table class=\"data-table\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"33.333%\" \/>\n<col width=\"33.333%\" \/>\n<col width=\"33.333%\" \/><\/colgroup>\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"heading\">\n<th class=\"left first\" colspan=\"3\">2018 World Cup voting<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"colheading\">\n<th class=\"left first\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><\/th>\n<th class=\"left \" style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Round 1<\/th>\n<th class=\"left \" style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Round 2<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"left first\">\n<p style=\"color: #1c1c1c;\"><strong>Russia<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"left \">\n<p style=\"color: #1c1c1c;\">9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"left \">\n<p style=\"color: #1c1c1c;\">13 (majority)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr 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style=\"color: #1c1c1c;\">England won just two votes after expressing high hopes of winning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #1c1c1c;\">To much surprise, Qatar were awarded the 2022 tournament, edging out Australia, Japan, South Korea and the United States.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #1c1c1c;\">Qatar were subsequently accused of paying Fifa officials \u00a33m to secure backing for its bid but have now been cleared of wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #1c1c1c;\">As for Russia, they have also been cleared, although the report noted its bid team made &#8220;only a limited amount of documents available for review&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"data-table-outer\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<table class=\"data-table\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"20%\" \/>\n<col width=\"20%\" \/>\n<col width=\"20%\" \/>\n<col width=\"20%\" \/>\n<col width=\"20%\" \/><\/colgroup>\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"heading\">\n<th class=\"left first\" colspan=\"5\">2022 World Cup voting<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"colheading\">\n<th 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