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MP calls for World Cup 2022 vote rerun as top Fifa officials suspected of corruption
FBI probing suspect payments between top Fifa officials
Footballing chiefs should rerun the vote for the 2022 World Cup if an FBI investigation proves corrupt payments were made during the bidding process, Tory MP Damian Collins said yesterday.
The Daily Telegraph claims the FBI is investigating payments from a company wholly owned by Qatari Mohamed Bin Hammam to fellow former Fifa member Jack Warner, from the Caribbean.
Both men left Fifa in disgrace following a 2011 corruption scandal.
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