Fresh World Cup corruption claims

Calls have been made for the contest to host the 2022 World Cup to be re-run if allegations about corruption in the bidding process are true.

The Sunday Times said it had seen a cache of files which exposed that Qatar’s victory in securing the tournament was sealed by a covert campaign by the disgraced former football official, Mohamed bin Hammam.

The newspaper said the former Qatari vice president of Fifa, world football’s governing body, used secret slush funds to make dozens of payments totalling over $5m (€3.6m) to senior football officials to create a groundswell of support for Qatar’s bid.