By Tom Degun
May 12 – Mike Lee, the former communications director of London 2012, has received an official apology from the Culture, Media and Sport’s Select Committee after he was forced to answer a series of non-stop questions on The Sunday Times allegations that the Qatar 2022 bid team paid for votes.
By Andrew Warshaw
May 11 – Sport and Olympics Minister Hugh Robertson today called for a complete overhaul of the way World Cup hosts are chosen following the latest spate of corruption allegations to rock FIFA.
By Andrew Warshaw
May 11 – FIFA vice-president Jack Warner today poured further scorn on sensational allegations that he asked for money to build an education centre in Trinidad in exchange for supporting England’s 2018 World Cup bid.
By Andrew Warshaw
May 10 – Qatar’s 2022 World Cup organisers wasted no time tonight categorically denying explosive reports that it paid bribes to two members of the FIFA Executive Committee to support its bid.
By David Gold at Westminster
May 10 – Former England 2018 bid chief Lord Triesman reflected that he would have advised the FA not to bid for the World Cup if he knew then what he knew now and defended the British media’s role in uncovering corruption in FIFA.
By David Gold at Westminster in London
May 10 – Mike Lee, an advisor to Qatar’s 2022 World Cup bidding team, accused England’s 2018 World Cup bid of arrogance as he gave evidence at the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee.
By David Gold at Westminster in London
May 10 – FIFA vice-president and International Olympic Committee member Issa Hayatou has been accused, along with fellow FIFA Executive Committee member Jacques Anouma, of taking a bribe of $1.5 million (£923,000) from Qatar in the bidding process for the 2022 World Cup.
By Andrew Warshaw in Zurich
May 10 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter admitted today he was “shocked” by sensational new allegations of corruption involving no fewer than six of his Executive Committee and promised the world governing body would act once the evidence has been provided.
By David Gold at Westminster in London
May 10 – Lord Triesman told the Parliamentary inquiry into England’s failed bid to win the right to host the 2018 World Cup today that four FIFA Executive Committee members – Jack Warner, Nicolas Leoz, Ricardo Teixeira and Worawi Makudi – asked for bribes during the bidding process.
By Andrew Warshaw in Zurich
May 9 – The English Football Association declined comment today on an explosive report alleging that the country’s 2018 World Cup bid team hired a private security firm to monitor the behaviour of their rivals.
By David Gold
May 10 – CONMEBOL, South America’s governing body, has denied reports that its President, Nicolas Leoz, asked for a knighthood in return for supporting England’s bid to host the World Cup in 2018.
By Andrew Warshaw
May 8 – A voting member of FIFA’s Executive Committee asked for a knighthood in exchange for backing England’s bid to stage the 2018 World Cup, The Sunday Times newspaper reported today.
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By David Gold
May 6 – Brazil’s preparations for the 2014 World Cup will speed up towards the end of this year, according to the country’s Sports Minister Orlando Silva, who is seeking to improve the country’s image amid sluggish preparations for the tournament.
By Andrew Warshaw
May 5 – Claims that England’s 2018 World Cup bid team invited a prominent FIFA member to last week’s royal wedding to entice his vote have been denied.
By Andrew Warshaw
May 5 – Mike Lee, the arch-strategist behind a series of successful World Cup and Olympic bids, is to give evidence at the latest session of the ongoing Parliamentary inquiry into football governance.