Monday, July 11, 2011

Qatar allegations withdrawn and the 'Whistleblower' says she fabricated World Cup corruption allegations

The 'whistleblower' who accused the Qatar 2022 World Cup bid team of corruption has withdrawn her accusations, apologised and said they were fabricated and the are Phaedra Al Majid of a former media officer for Qatar 2022 and has claimed she made up the accusation in order to exact revenge for losing her job.

Al Majid accused Fifa members Issa Hayatou, Jacques Anouma and Amos Adamu of receiving bribes in the order to back the gulf state's bid for the tournament, awarded to them last December ahead of the likes of Australia and the USA and those claims were then repeated in Parliament in a culture, media and sport select committee hearing into the 2018 and 2022 bid process, which also saw England lose out to Russia in the bid to host the 2018 competition.

Al Majid said she never thought her claims would end up in a Parliamentary committee and insisted she has not been put under pressure by the bid team or paid by them for a change her story and i wish to offer a full and formal apology of the fabricated allegations concerning and the Qatar 2022 Fifa World Cup bid committee and Fifa executive committee members Issa Hayatou, Jacques Anouma and Amos Adamu and she said in a statement and the Never, at any time, were any bribes even offered, suggested or paid on behalf of the Qatar 2022 bid during any time in exchange for votes from Issa Hayatou, Jacques Anouma and Amos Adamu.

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