Qatar World Cup bid ‘sabotaged’ rivals

2022 winning team hired ex-CIA agents and PR firm used ‘black ops’ that broke Fifa rules

Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter reveals the winner of the 2022 World Cup bid back in 2010
Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter reveals the winner of the 2022 World Cup bid back in 2010
(Image credit: Philippe Desmazes/AFP/Getty Images)

Qatar’s World Cup bid team deliberately “sabotaged” their rivals using “black operations” which broke Fifa rules, reports suggest.

According to documents passed to The Sunday Times, the bid paid a public relations firm and former CIA agents to pump out fake propaganda about its main rivals, the US and Australia, during its successful campaign to host the tournament in 2022.

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