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May 30, 2011 01:12 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/7NGM6e9Tu6Y/qatar-bought-world-c.html
Qatar "bought" World Cup, writes FIFA chief
FIFA secretary Jerome Valcke wrote that Qatar, winner of the rights to host the 2022 World Cup, "bought" it. After a Qatari potentate launched a bid to become president of FIFA itself, Valke emailed a colleague that Mohamed bin Hammam "thought you can buy FIFA as they bought the world cup." The Guardian has a photo of a bag of cash one football official claims that bin Hammam sent him....Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/7NGM6e9Tu6Y/qatar-bought-world-c.html
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