https://herald.report/the-world-call...world-cup-bid/
In November of 2017, a witness testified in court that a senior FIFA official took bribes in the range of $1m to secure a vote for Qatar to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup. And it is just a part of the pool of corruption that FIFA board members have engaged in at the hands of Qatar officials. A recent estimation states that around $880m were handed out in bribes to ensure that Qatar comes out on top in the bid. In 2014, a witness Alejandro Burzaco, the former CEO of the Argentinian sports marketing executive, alleged that Julio Grodona, a senior vice president at FIFA and head of the Argentinian Football Association told him that he received a satisfying sum in exchange for his support for Qatar to hold the flagship event.
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