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Australia's bid for the 2018 or 2022 World Cup
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Tassiemariner
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midfielder
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One of the few left at FIFA with any credibility...
midfielder
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Sobering tho's from our former treasurer.
midfielder
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HHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmm
Interesting to say the least ... worth reading...
Interesting to say the least ... worth reading...
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EXCELLENT!
It should be taken off them - AND FIFA should be sued.
It is a disgrace and travesty of the highest proportion that a country who has never qualified for a world cup.
Has never sent a female athlete to an olympic games.
Has no women's football league.
Where women need permission to travel outside of the country form their husbands.
Where women are not allowed to attend games.
Where beautiful brazilian women in bathing suits will only be allowed in select closeted hotel pool areas.
Where jewish people are currently not even able to enter the country.
Where the country voted recently in the UN for the right to kill gays.
Where public displays of affection are outlawed.
Where the consumption of alcohol is heavily restricted.
Where the concern by international aid groups over the abuse of women is so high.
Where the temperature is beyond ridiculous let alone safe or pleasant.
Where the infrastructure required virtually all has still to be built.
ARE given the worlds greatest event.
It's disgusting and FIFA are unreservedly corrupt.
I do not have a racist bone in my body, and I have no qualms at all about one day giving a world cup to the Arab world. But they asked...
"If not now, then when?? In their bid...
And the answer should have been - when you have addressed your considerable human rights issues and show yourself far more worthy than simply having a massive amount of money gained by exploiting the earths natural resources.
Take a poll FIFA, and find out how many football fans around the world would prefer to go and see a world cup in Australia or Qatar?
Disgrace.
I hope this crushes FIFA and something new has to rise form the rubble of this den of greed and corruption.
It should be taken off them - AND FIFA should be sued.
It is a disgrace and travesty of the highest proportion that a country who has never qualified for a world cup.
Has never sent a female athlete to an olympic games.
Has no women's football league.
Where women need permission to travel outside of the country form their husbands.
Where women are not allowed to attend games.
Where beautiful brazilian women in bathing suits will only be allowed in select closeted hotel pool areas.
Where jewish people are currently not even able to enter the country.
Where the country voted recently in the UN for the right to kill gays.
Where public displays of affection are outlawed.
Where the consumption of alcohol is heavily restricted.
Where the concern by international aid groups over the abuse of women is so high.
Where the temperature is beyond ridiculous let alone safe or pleasant.
Where the infrastructure required virtually all has still to be built.
ARE given the worlds greatest event.
It's disgusting and FIFA are unreservedly corrupt.
I do not have a racist bone in my body, and I have no qualms at all about one day giving a world cup to the Arab world. But they asked...
"If not now, then when?? In their bid...
And the answer should have been - when you have addressed your considerable human rights issues and show yourself far more worthy than simply having a massive amount of money gained by exploiting the earths natural resources.
Take a poll FIFA, and find out how many football fans around the world would prefer to go and see a world cup in Australia or Qatar?
Disgrace.
I hope this crushes FIFA and something new has to rise form the rubble of this den of greed and corruption.
midfielder
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HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm will anything come of this ..... could this put us back in the race ....
Or maybe current Mafia Leader trying to stop an Asian boss getting control of the family...
Or maybe current Mafia Leader trying to stop an Asian boss getting control of the family...
elevated position
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The world cup is in the too hard basket however I think we might have been thrown a bone if we put our hand up for the world club champions for 2013-2014 and an A-League club gets an auto entry.
midfielder
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Lets not get to excited and normally I would ignore it and look to see if its April fools day... BUT ... read the article...
pjennings
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Maybe this is what Lowy was referring to
http://mideastposts.com/2011/11/28/worrying-times-fifa-opens-door-to-investigation-of-qatar%E2%80%99s-world-cup-bid/comment-page-1/
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Worrying Times: FIFA Opens Door to Investigation of Qatar’s World Cup Bid
Written by James M. Dorsey
In a worrying development for Qatar, world soccer body FIFA president Sepp Blatter has for the first time opened the door to a possible investigation of the Gulf state’s successful but controversial bid to host the 2022 World Cup.
In a series of interviews with media including Fox Soccer and Germany’s Frankfurter Algemeine Zeitung, Mr. Blatter said the soccer body’s newly created Good Governance Committee would have the authority to review the bid process that resulted last December in the awarding of the 2018 World Cup to Russia and the 2022 tournament to Qatar.
Qatar’s bid has been mired in controversy prompted by questions about its well-funded bid campaign as well as potential problems because of its searing summer temperature, sour grapes on the part of its competitors and allegations made by a disgruntled employee of its bid committee.
The banning in July by FIFA of Asian Football Confederation president Mohammed Bin Hammam, Qatari national, on charges of bribery in his failed FIFA presidential campaign cast a further shadow over the Gulf state’s bid campaign. The banning of Mr. Bin Hammam, who denies all wrongdoing and is appealing the ban, is part of the worst corruption scandal in FIFA’s 107-year history.
Reports that French President Nicolas Sarkozy engineered UEFA head Michel Platini’s vote in favour of the Qatari bid at a meeting in November of last year with Qatari Crown Prince Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani in which he also persuaded that Qatari to acquire financially trouble team Paris Saint-Germain have also revived questions about the Gulf state’s hosting of the World Cup. Qatar had in 2006 walked away from a possible acquisition the underachieving club that was haemorrhaging money and was renowned for its hooligan element.
French magazine So Foot reported that Mr. Platini, a former French national soccer team captain, had been dead set against Qatar’s 2022 World Cup bid before being urged to change his mind at the meeting with Mr. Sarkozy. “He told me the Qataris were good people,” So Foot quotes Mr. Platini as saying.
The initial discrediting of the allegations against Qatar failed to stop the British parliament’s media and culture committee from demanding an investigation of the awarding of the 2022 tournament to Qatar. German soccer federation boss Theo Zwanziger has also repeatedly demanded an investigation.
In an article in The Huffington Post, Damien Collins, a member of the parliamentary committee noted that “six months ago, Sepp Blatter promised reform at FIFA, yet in reality little has changed. There has yet to be a truly independent investigation into allegations of corruption made against FIFA executives during the bidding process to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. In the last year, 11 of the 24 leading members of FIFA, who make up its executive committee, have faced serious allegations of corruption.”
Mr. Blatter told Fox Soccer when asked if there is a process in place to rescind a World Cup bid that “if somewhere, something appears … this committee has to have a look [at] that and report it. And then we will see what will happen.”
Mr. Blatter went on to say that asking how the World Cups had been awarded “is not only a difficult question, it’s a good question.”
FIFA announced last week that the Good Governance Committee would be headed by Dr. Mark Pieth, a Basel professor serving as part of a United Nation’s team investigating alleged corruption in the Iraqi oil-for-food aid program.
Under FIFA rules, the world body’s ethics committee would adjudicate charges stemming from irregularities uncovered by the Good Governance Committee.
Speaking in London last month, Hassan al Thawadi, the Qatar bid committee’s secretary general said that the ”perception (of corruption) will always be a sense of frustration until we overcome how people view us.”
Mr. Al Thawadi insisted that the bid was conducted to the ”highest ethical and moral standards” and portrayed Qatar as the victim of a campaign in which ”baseless accusations were made against our bid. We were presumed guilty before innocent without a shred of evidence being provided.”
He said that “amid all the celebrations and joy, we knew that the work was only just beginning. What we did not know or expect was the avalanche of accusations and allegations that we would face in the immediate aftermath of what was a historic day for sport in our country and for the wider region.”
That avalanche could gain substantial momentum with Mr. Blatter shifting his position away from absolute rejection of any investigation into the Qatar bid.
At the same time, any investigation will also have to include a review of FIFA’s bid rules in an effort to tighten the process and eliminate the ability of bidders to influence the vote by for example funding soccer infrastructure in the home countries of members of the soccer body’s executive committee.
http://mideastposts.com/2011/11/28/worrying-times-fifa-opens-door-to-investigation-of-qatar%E2%80%99s-world-cup-bid/comment-page-1/
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Worrying Times: FIFA Opens Door to Investigation of Qatar’s World Cup Bid
Written by James M. Dorsey
In a worrying development for Qatar, world soccer body FIFA president Sepp Blatter has for the first time opened the door to a possible investigation of the Gulf state’s successful but controversial bid to host the 2022 World Cup.
In a series of interviews with media including Fox Soccer and Germany’s Frankfurter Algemeine Zeitung, Mr. Blatter said the soccer body’s newly created Good Governance Committee would have the authority to review the bid process that resulted last December in the awarding of the 2018 World Cup to Russia and the 2022 tournament to Qatar.
Qatar’s bid has been mired in controversy prompted by questions about its well-funded bid campaign as well as potential problems because of its searing summer temperature, sour grapes on the part of its competitors and allegations made by a disgruntled employee of its bid committee.
The banning in July by FIFA of Asian Football Confederation president Mohammed Bin Hammam, Qatari national, on charges of bribery in his failed FIFA presidential campaign cast a further shadow over the Gulf state’s bid campaign. The banning of Mr. Bin Hammam, who denies all wrongdoing and is appealing the ban, is part of the worst corruption scandal in FIFA’s 107-year history.
Reports that French President Nicolas Sarkozy engineered UEFA head Michel Platini’s vote in favour of the Qatari bid at a meeting in November of last year with Qatari Crown Prince Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani in which he also persuaded that Qatari to acquire financially trouble team Paris Saint-Germain have also revived questions about the Gulf state’s hosting of the World Cup. Qatar had in 2006 walked away from a possible acquisition the underachieving club that was haemorrhaging money and was renowned for its hooligan element.
French magazine So Foot reported that Mr. Platini, a former French national soccer team captain, had been dead set against Qatar’s 2022 World Cup bid before being urged to change his mind at the meeting with Mr. Sarkozy. “He told me the Qataris were good people,” So Foot quotes Mr. Platini as saying.
The initial discrediting of the allegations against Qatar failed to stop the British parliament’s media and culture committee from demanding an investigation of the awarding of the 2022 tournament to Qatar. German soccer federation boss Theo Zwanziger has also repeatedly demanded an investigation.
In an article in The Huffington Post, Damien Collins, a member of the parliamentary committee noted that “six months ago, Sepp Blatter promised reform at FIFA, yet in reality little has changed. There has yet to be a truly independent investigation into allegations of corruption made against FIFA executives during the bidding process to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. In the last year, 11 of the 24 leading members of FIFA, who make up its executive committee, have faced serious allegations of corruption.”
Mr. Blatter told Fox Soccer when asked if there is a process in place to rescind a World Cup bid that “if somewhere, something appears … this committee has to have a look [at] that and report it. And then we will see what will happen.”
Mr. Blatter went on to say that asking how the World Cups had been awarded “is not only a difficult question, it’s a good question.”
FIFA announced last week that the Good Governance Committee would be headed by Dr. Mark Pieth, a Basel professor serving as part of a United Nation’s team investigating alleged corruption in the Iraqi oil-for-food aid program.
Under FIFA rules, the world body’s ethics committee would adjudicate charges stemming from irregularities uncovered by the Good Governance Committee.
Speaking in London last month, Hassan al Thawadi, the Qatar bid committee’s secretary general said that the ”perception (of corruption) will always be a sense of frustration until we overcome how people view us.”
Mr. Al Thawadi insisted that the bid was conducted to the ”highest ethical and moral standards” and portrayed Qatar as the victim of a campaign in which ”baseless accusations were made against our bid. We were presumed guilty before innocent without a shred of evidence being provided.”
He said that “amid all the celebrations and joy, we knew that the work was only just beginning. What we did not know or expect was the avalanche of accusations and allegations that we would face in the immediate aftermath of what was a historic day for sport in our country and for the wider region.”
That avalanche could gain substantial momentum with Mr. Blatter shifting his position away from absolute rejection of any investigation into the Qatar bid.
At the same time, any investigation will also have to include a review of FIFA’s bid rules in an effort to tighten the process and eliminate the ability of bidders to influence the vote by for example funding soccer infrastructure in the home countries of members of the soccer body’s executive committee.
midfielder
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Good pick up PJ
Also maybe this has something to do with the re think ... I like this quote from the link below: ‘Fan expectation needs to be a little more relaxed.’
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2059873/Qatar-World-Cup-Plan-air-conditioned-stadiums-dismissed.html
Also maybe this has something to do with the re think ... I like this quote from the link below: ‘Fan expectation needs to be a little more relaxed.’
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2059873/Qatar-World-Cup-Plan-air-conditioned-stadiums-dismissed.html
midfielder
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Just more smoke ... but there is a lot of smoke about ... whether it comes to nothing or means something who knows but it is pressure...
midfielder
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/nov/18/fifa-investigate-qatar-world-cup-2022
Fifa to investigate new allegations over Qatar 2022 World Cup bid
Fifa has confirmed that the recently appointed chief investigator of its ethics committee will look into new corruption allegations surroundingQatar's successful bid for the 2022 World Cup.
Qatar, which hugely outspent its rivals on its campaign to win the right to host the 2022 tournament in December 2010, had discussions about a $1m sponsorship deal for a gala dinner organised by the son of a Fifa executive committee member later banned from football for three years.
The Sunday Times, which conducted the undercover investigation that led to the Nigerian Amos Adamu and other Fifa officials being banned in the runup to the vote on the 2018 and 2022 tournaments, revealed that Qatar's bidding committee entered talks to sponsor a gala dinner arranged by his son, Samson, on the eve of the South Africa World Cup in 2010.
The newspaper claims Qatar made arrangements to sponsor the dinner but did not go through with the deal after taking into account Fifa's rules on payments to executive committee members. The gala dinner, featuring 20 African footballing legends and senior football officials in Johannesburg for the World Cup, eventually cost around a fifth of the seven-figure sum originally discussed. It remains unclear how it was ultimately funded.
Fifa said that it was contacted with the allegations on Friday and the Sunday Times immediately provided all evidence relating to them. "After receiving these documents, Fifa has immediately forwarded them to Michael J Garcia, independent ethics committee chairman of the investigatory branch," a spokesman said. "It will be for Michael Garcia to analyse the documents and decide on any potential next steps."
The Qatar 2022 organising committee accused the Sunday Times of being "malicious and reckless" in its presentation of the discussions but admitted that they took place. "The truth is that our bid committee, after careful consideration, opted not to sign any agreement with the individual concerned and had no part whatsoever in the African Legends Dinner event, financially or otherwise," it claimed.
"It is correct that such a project was the subject of discussions, that preliminary communications were exchanged and that a draft agreement came into existence. However, upon due consideration being given to all the circumstances of this particular case – and especially to the relevant Fifa rules relating to the obligations of bid committees – a decision was taken by the Qatar 2022 bid committee not to pursue any involvement in the African Legends Dinner."
Qatar won the race to host the 2022 World Cup despite its small size and high summer temperatures following a lavishly funded campaign that included a string of deals with big-name ambassadors and contracts such as that to sponsor the 2010 Confederation of African Football congress.
The Qatar 2022 organising committee insisted on Sunday it "operated to the highest standards of integrity during the bidding process for the 2018/2022 Fifa World Cups, strictly adhering to all Fifa rules and regulations for bidding nations" and said it was making "good progress" with preparations for the tournament.
A succession of senior figures, led by the Uefa president Michel Platini, have lobbied for the tournament to be moved to winter despite the fact the bid was won on the basis of a summer World Cup.
Garcia, an American lawyer who was appointed to run the investigatory arm of Fifa's ethics committee as part of an overhaul instigated by Mark Pieth, chairman of Fifa's independent governance committee, has an overflowing intray.
Pieth's appointment was part of an attempt by Fifa president Sepp Blatter to respond to an avalanche of corruption allegations engulfing the organisation in the wake of the World Cup vote and a subsequent presidential election overwhelmed by claims of bribery.
Garcia has said he will look into the opaque and controversial bidding processes for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, won by Russia and Qatar respectively, and the issues raised by the longstanding ISL case.
Swiss court documents, recently published by Fifa, confirmed the now defunct marketing agency paid millions of dollars in bribes to the former president Joao Havelange and former Fifa executive committee member Ricardo Teixeira.
At the same time as Garcia's appointment, the German judge Hans-Joachim Eckert was selected to chair the adjudicatory chamber of the ethics committee. In September, Eckert said that Blatter should play his part in cleaning up Fifa or resign – prompting an angry response from the Fifa president.
Fifa to investigate new allegations over Qatar 2022 World Cup bid
Fifa has confirmed that the recently appointed chief investigator of its ethics committee will look into new corruption allegations surroundingQatar's successful bid for the 2022 World Cup.
Qatar, which hugely outspent its rivals on its campaign to win the right to host the 2022 tournament in December 2010, had discussions about a $1m sponsorship deal for a gala dinner organised by the son of a Fifa executive committee member later banned from football for three years.
The Sunday Times, which conducted the undercover investigation that led to the Nigerian Amos Adamu and other Fifa officials being banned in the runup to the vote on the 2018 and 2022 tournaments, revealed that Qatar's bidding committee entered talks to sponsor a gala dinner arranged by his son, Samson, on the eve of the South Africa World Cup in 2010.
The newspaper claims Qatar made arrangements to sponsor the dinner but did not go through with the deal after taking into account Fifa's rules on payments to executive committee members. The gala dinner, featuring 20 African footballing legends and senior football officials in Johannesburg for the World Cup, eventually cost around a fifth of the seven-figure sum originally discussed. It remains unclear how it was ultimately funded.
Fifa said that it was contacted with the allegations on Friday and the Sunday Times immediately provided all evidence relating to them. "After receiving these documents, Fifa has immediately forwarded them to Michael J Garcia, independent ethics committee chairman of the investigatory branch," a spokesman said. "It will be for Michael Garcia to analyse the documents and decide on any potential next steps."
The Qatar 2022 organising committee accused the Sunday Times of being "malicious and reckless" in its presentation of the discussions but admitted that they took place. "The truth is that our bid committee, after careful consideration, opted not to sign any agreement with the individual concerned and had no part whatsoever in the African Legends Dinner event, financially or otherwise," it claimed.
"It is correct that such a project was the subject of discussions, that preliminary communications were exchanged and that a draft agreement came into existence. However, upon due consideration being given to all the circumstances of this particular case – and especially to the relevant Fifa rules relating to the obligations of bid committees – a decision was taken by the Qatar 2022 bid committee not to pursue any involvement in the African Legends Dinner."
Qatar won the race to host the 2022 World Cup despite its small size and high summer temperatures following a lavishly funded campaign that included a string of deals with big-name ambassadors and contracts such as that to sponsor the 2010 Confederation of African Football congress.
The Qatar 2022 organising committee insisted on Sunday it "operated to the highest standards of integrity during the bidding process for the 2018/2022 Fifa World Cups, strictly adhering to all Fifa rules and regulations for bidding nations" and said it was making "good progress" with preparations for the tournament.
A succession of senior figures, led by the Uefa president Michel Platini, have lobbied for the tournament to be moved to winter despite the fact the bid was won on the basis of a summer World Cup.
Garcia, an American lawyer who was appointed to run the investigatory arm of Fifa's ethics committee as part of an overhaul instigated by Mark Pieth, chairman of Fifa's independent governance committee, has an overflowing intray.
Pieth's appointment was part of an attempt by Fifa president Sepp Blatter to respond to an avalanche of corruption allegations engulfing the organisation in the wake of the World Cup vote and a subsequent presidential election overwhelmed by claims of bribery.
Garcia has said he will look into the opaque and controversial bidding processes for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, won by Russia and Qatar respectively, and the issues raised by the longstanding ISL case.
Swiss court documents, recently published by Fifa, confirmed the now defunct marketing agency paid millions of dollars in bribes to the former president Joao Havelange and former Fifa executive committee member Ricardo Teixeira.
At the same time as Garcia's appointment, the German judge Hans-Joachim Eckert was selected to chair the adjudicatory chamber of the ethics committee. In September, Eckert said that Blatter should play his part in cleaning up Fifa or resign – prompting an angry response from the Fifa president.
midfielder
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Interesting to say the least .... from Lebanon.. seems the Yanks were going to win the bid....
midfielder
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Massive news if true ... from the independent in England..
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...ifa-strips-country-of-tournament-9507194.html
Qatar will not be able to mount a legal challenge to Fifa if football's governing body strips it of the right to stage the 2022 World Cup. As controversy continues to rage over allegations of corruption surrounding the bid process, it has emerged that Qatar agreed to sign away its right to take any form of legal action against Fifa when it made its original tender for the tournament in 2010.
The Independent on Sunday can also reveal that a mechanism is available to football's governing body to order a new vote whereby infringements of its code of ethics are cited.
Qatar, which denies all corruption allegations, is now facing a major fight to hang on to the World Cup, and the subject is certain to feature strongly when Fifa holds its congress in Sao Paulo on Wednesday, one day before the 2014 World Cup opens.
It had been assumed that one reason Fifa might fail to order a revote for 2012 was fear of legal action by Qatar. But the legal officer of one of the bidding nations told The IoS: "All the bidding countries had to sign a registration document in which they agreed to be bound by Fifa's code of ethics. In a normal contract with an organisation based in Zurich, you would expect the agreement to be subject to Swiss law.
' Qatar’s proposed stadium Qatar’s proposed stadium 'But Fifa's code makes it clear that all disputes are decided by the appeals committee of Fifa's ethics committee. The appeals committee can be taken to the Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration in Sport. But this is a special arbitration body for sport, not a court of law.
''So should Fifa decide to have a revote, Qatar cannot take Fifa to a Swiss court. All bidding countries knew they were giving up their legal rights when bidding for the World Cup. But so keen are countries to get the World Cup, they happily agreed to do so."
This did not seem to matter at the time of the bidding as nobody expected to Qatar to win. Since then, the decision has proved so controversial that Fifa hired former US attorney Michael Garcia to investigate both the 2022 vote and the 2018 vote in which Russia beat England. Mr Garcia will complete his report tomorrow, although it will not be submitted to Fifa until next month.
However, this carefully planned Fifa timetable has been jeopardised following extensive revelations that Mohamed Bin Hammam, a Qatari who was then a Fifa vice-president, had allegedly paid bribes totalling £3m to football administrators round the world to influence the vote.
Fair play: Mohamed Bin Hammam Fair play: Mohamed Bin Hammam Mr Hammam was also a member of the Fifa executive that decided on Qatar in preference to the US, Japan and Australia. He has since been banned for life from Fifa for offences not connected with the bid. Qatar World Cup organisers insist that Mr Hammam had nothing to do with their bid and that they scrupulously followed Fifa's code of ethics.
However, according to well-informed sources, Fifa could now use this very code of ethics to deny Qatar the prize. Crucial to such a decision would be clause two of the code. This says: "Officials shall show an ethical attitude when performing their duties. They shall pledge to behave in a dignified manner. They shall behave and act with complete credibility and integrity."
One official from another bidding country, who has given evidence to Mr Garcia, told The IoS: "This is Fifa's version of the FA's catch-all clause of 'bringing the game into disrepute', which has often helped the FA bring charges when there was no specific evidence.
"Fifa could order a revote saying that, while there may be no direct link between Hammam and Qatar, the whole process lacked integrity. And to justify this, Fifa could also use the fact that its own evaluation report said a World Cup in Qatar in the summer when temperatures can rise to 50C was high risk, the only bidding country to be so classified."
Some inkling of Fifa's thinking may emerge on Wednesday when the organisation holds its congress in Sao Paulo. Before the latest revelations, this was expected to be another celebration for Fifa's president, Sepp Blatter, with the 78-year-old announcing that he would serve a fifth term when elections are held next year. However, now there is strong pressure for Uefa to find a candidate who offers a credible alternative to the Swiss.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...ifa-strips-country-of-tournament-9507194.html
Qatar will not be able to mount a legal challenge to Fifa if football's governing body strips it of the right to stage the 2022 World Cup. As controversy continues to rage over allegations of corruption surrounding the bid process, it has emerged that Qatar agreed to sign away its right to take any form of legal action against Fifa when it made its original tender for the tournament in 2010.
The Independent on Sunday can also reveal that a mechanism is available to football's governing body to order a new vote whereby infringements of its code of ethics are cited.
Qatar, which denies all corruption allegations, is now facing a major fight to hang on to the World Cup, and the subject is certain to feature strongly when Fifa holds its congress in Sao Paulo on Wednesday, one day before the 2014 World Cup opens.
It had been assumed that one reason Fifa might fail to order a revote for 2012 was fear of legal action by Qatar. But the legal officer of one of the bidding nations told The IoS: "All the bidding countries had to sign a registration document in which they agreed to be bound by Fifa's code of ethics. In a normal contract with an organisation based in Zurich, you would expect the agreement to be subject to Swiss law.
' Qatar’s proposed stadium Qatar’s proposed stadium 'But Fifa's code makes it clear that all disputes are decided by the appeals committee of Fifa's ethics committee. The appeals committee can be taken to the Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration in Sport. But this is a special arbitration body for sport, not a court of law.
''So should Fifa decide to have a revote, Qatar cannot take Fifa to a Swiss court. All bidding countries knew they were giving up their legal rights when bidding for the World Cup. But so keen are countries to get the World Cup, they happily agreed to do so."
This did not seem to matter at the time of the bidding as nobody expected to Qatar to win. Since then, the decision has proved so controversial that Fifa hired former US attorney Michael Garcia to investigate both the 2022 vote and the 2018 vote in which Russia beat England. Mr Garcia will complete his report tomorrow, although it will not be submitted to Fifa until next month.
However, this carefully planned Fifa timetable has been jeopardised following extensive revelations that Mohamed Bin Hammam, a Qatari who was then a Fifa vice-president, had allegedly paid bribes totalling £3m to football administrators round the world to influence the vote.
Fair play: Mohamed Bin Hammam Fair play: Mohamed Bin Hammam Mr Hammam was also a member of the Fifa executive that decided on Qatar in preference to the US, Japan and Australia. He has since been banned for life from Fifa for offences not connected with the bid. Qatar World Cup organisers insist that Mr Hammam had nothing to do with their bid and that they scrupulously followed Fifa's code of ethics.
However, according to well-informed sources, Fifa could now use this very code of ethics to deny Qatar the prize. Crucial to such a decision would be clause two of the code. This says: "Officials shall show an ethical attitude when performing their duties. They shall pledge to behave in a dignified manner. They shall behave and act with complete credibility and integrity."
One official from another bidding country, who has given evidence to Mr Garcia, told The IoS: "This is Fifa's version of the FA's catch-all clause of 'bringing the game into disrepute', which has often helped the FA bring charges when there was no specific evidence.
"Fifa could order a revote saying that, while there may be no direct link between Hammam and Qatar, the whole process lacked integrity. And to justify this, Fifa could also use the fact that its own evaluation report said a World Cup in Qatar in the summer when temperatures can rise to 50C was high risk, the only bidding country to be so classified."
Some inkling of Fifa's thinking may emerge on Wednesday when the organisation holds its congress in Sao Paulo. Before the latest revelations, this was expected to be another celebration for Fifa's president, Sepp Blatter, with the 78-year-old announcing that he would serve a fifth term when elections are held next year. However, now there is strong pressure for Uefa to find a candidate who offers a credible alternative to the Swiss.
midfielder
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Even more news...
Sponsors seem to want a change ... the wheels seem to be falling off...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/08/soccer-world-adidas-idUSL5N0OP0IP20140608
Soccer-Sponsor Adidas says Qatar allegations not good for game
(Reuters) - German sportswear company Adidas said on Sunday publicity generated by bribery allegations over the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar risked damaging soccer, the second sponsor to raise concerns over the issue.
Soccer's governing body FIFA is conducting an internal investigation into the decisions to hold the 2018 World Cup in Russia and the 2022 Cup in Qatar.
"We are confident that the matter is being dealt with as a priority," Adidas said in a statement.
"Adidas enjoys a long-term and successful partnership with FIFA that we are looking forward to continue. Having said that, the negative tenor of the public debate around FIFA at the moment is neither good for football nor for FIFA and its partners," it added.
Adidas has a long-term sponsorship with FIFA that runs until 2030.
Fellow sponsor Sony has called for a "thorough investigation" into bribery claims first reported in Britain's Sunday Times newspaper.
Both Qatar and Russia deny any wrongdoing.
(Writing by Keith Weir; editing by Philippa Fletcher)
Sponsors seem to want a change ... the wheels seem to be falling off...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/08/soccer-world-adidas-idUSL5N0OP0IP20140608
Soccer-Sponsor Adidas says Qatar allegations not good for game
(Reuters) - German sportswear company Adidas said on Sunday publicity generated by bribery allegations over the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar risked damaging soccer, the second sponsor to raise concerns over the issue.
Soccer's governing body FIFA is conducting an internal investigation into the decisions to hold the 2018 World Cup in Russia and the 2022 Cup in Qatar.
"We are confident that the matter is being dealt with as a priority," Adidas said in a statement.
"Adidas enjoys a long-term and successful partnership with FIFA that we are looking forward to continue. Having said that, the negative tenor of the public debate around FIFA at the moment is neither good for football nor for FIFA and its partners," it added.
Adidas has a long-term sponsorship with FIFA that runs until 2030.
Fellow sponsor Sony has called for a "thorough investigation" into bribery claims first reported in Britain's Sunday Times newspaper.
Both Qatar and Russia deny any wrongdoing.
(Writing by Keith Weir; editing by Philippa Fletcher)
sydmariner
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if i remember correctly i think that head of FIFA's ethics commity is our very own les murry
midfielder
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if i remember correctly i think that head of FIFA's ethics commity is our very own les murry
Not the head and maybe his time is over ... this is the FIFA link to the Ethics committee
http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/bodies/standingcommittees/committee=1882034.html
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