Qatar World Cup 2022: Fifa vice-president 'would support' re-vote
卡塔爾2022年世界杯:國際足聯副主席“將支持'再投
Fifa vice-president Jim Boyce says he would support a re-vote to find a new host for the Qatar World Cup in 2022 if corruption allegations can be proven.
The Sunday Times alleges football officials took a total of £3m in return for support of the Qatari bid.
Fifa's chief investigator Michael Garcia is already conducting a long-running inquiry into the allegations.
The Qatar 2022 Bid Committee has issued a statement re-iterating that it denies "all allegations of wrong-doing".
Football Association chairman Greg Dyke also said a new vote should take place if it was shown a "corrupt system" had led to Qatar's win.
Sports Minister Helen Grant said it was "essential that major sporting events are awarded in an open, fair and transparent manner".
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 live's Sportsweek programme, Boyce said: "I certainly as a member of the executive committee would have absolutely no problem whatsoever if the recommendation was for a re-vote.
"If Garcia comes up with concrete evidence and concrete evidence is given to the executive committee and to Fifa, then it has to be looked at very seriously.
"The Fifa executive committee are 100% behind Garcia," he continued. "He will be allowed to go and speak to anyone from around the world to complete his mission."
The allegations of corruption centre on former Fifa official Mohammed bin Hammam, with the Sunday Times claiming to have obtained millions of secret documents that implicate the former Asian Football Confederation president in corrupting members of football's governing body to win the 2022 World Cup.
The newspaper alleges the documents, seen by BBC sports editor David Bond, show that Bin Hammam, 65, was lobbying on his country's behalf at least a year before the decision to award the country hosting rights.
They also allegedly show he had also made payments into accounts controlled by the presidents of 30 African football associations and accounts controlled by the Trinidadian Jack Warner, a former vice-president of Fifa.
The Qatar 2022 Bid Committee and Bin Hammam have always strenuously denied any wrongdoing and that he actively lobbied on their behalf in the run-up to the vote in December 2010.
When approached by the Sunday Times to respond to their fresh claims of obtaining secret documents, Bin Hammam's son Hamad Al Abdulla declined to comment on his behalf.
In a new statement issued on Sunday, the Qatar 2022 Bid Committee said it had "always upheld the highest standard of ethics and integrity in its successful bid to host the 2022 Fifa World Cup".
The committee said it was co-operating with Garcia's inquiry, adding: "We will take whatever steps are necessary to defend the integrity of Qatar's bid and our lawyers are looking into this matter. The right to host the tournament was won because it was the best bid and because it is time for the Middle East to host its first Fifa World Cup."
FA chairman Dyke backed Boyce and said the "serious allegations" had to be investigated, adding: "I think if it is shown it was a corrupt system and that the people who won used bribes and other influences to get the vote, then of course it has got to be done again."
Bin Hammam has previously been at the centre of controversy in the football world. He was initially banned from the sport for life in July 2011 after being found guilty of attempted bribery over votes in that year's Fifa presidential election.
However his ban was annulled a year later by the Court of Arbitration for Sport which said there was insufficient evidence to support the punishment.
Fifa issued him with a second life ban in December 2012 for "conflicts of interest" while he was president of the Asian Football Confederation.
In March 2014, the Daily Telegraph reported a company owned by Bin Hammam had paid Warner and his family more than £1m. Payments were claimed to have been made shortly after Qatar won the right to host the 2022 World Cup.
Qatar, which defeated bids from South Korea, Japan, Australia and the United States, has always insisted Bin Hammam never had any official role supporting their bid and always acted independently from the Qatar 2022 campaign.
Garcia is already conducting his inquiry into allegations of corruption and wrongdoing during the 2018 and 2022 decisions. He is due to meet senior officials from the Qatar 2022 organising committee in Oman on Monday.
Meanwhile Shadow Secretary of State for International Development Jim Murphy told the BBC he had recently travelled to Qatar to investigate conditions of migrant employees working on World Cup infrastructure, amid accusations of abuse and deaths on building sites.
Almost 200 Nepalese men are reported to have died last year working on construction projects in Qatar.
Mr Murphy said: "The revelations in today's Sunday Times, I think, if proven, now call into question whether Qatar should hold the World Cup at all, as a minimum.
"There now needs to be a forensic inquiry into each and every one of those emails and documents to work out who paid what, when, for what, and what was the ebb and flow of votes and voting allegiances as a consequence.
"And if that's proven, then the building work in Qatar has to stop, the vote has to be re-run, it has to be free and fair, because football fans deserve that.
"If Fifa doesn't act it's lost the right to lead the world of football," he added.
"Let's hope Qatar won fair and square but there has to be an investigation and if any of it's proven, let's start all over again, cancel that bid and run the vote again."
國際足聯副主席吉姆·博伊斯說,他將支持重新投票,以發現為卡塔爾世界杯的一個新的主機在2022年,如果腐敗的指控可以證明。
在 星期日泰晤士報稱足協官員共花了 300萬英鎊,以換取支持卡塔爾申辦。
國際足聯的首席研究員邁克爾·加西亞已經進行長時間運行的調查有關指控。
卡塔爾2022申辦委員會已發表聲明,再次遍歷它拒絕“的錯誤行為的所有指控”。
足協主席戴克還表示,新的票應該發生,如果它被證明是“腐敗的制度”導致了卡塔爾的勝利。
體育部長海倫·格蘭特說,這是“至關重要的是,主要的體育賽事中獲得的公開,公平和透明的方式”。
在BBC電台5直播的 Sportsweek程序, 博伊斯說:“我當然為執行委員會成員將有絕對沒有任何問題,如果建議是重新投票。
“如果加西亞想出了具體的證據和具體的證據,是考慮到執行委員會和國際足聯,那麼它必須看著非常重視。
“國際足聯執委會是100%的背後加西亞,”他繼續說。“他將被允許去和來自世界各地的任何人說話,以完成他的使命。”
在 對前國際足聯官員穆罕默德·哈曼腐敗中心的指控, 與星期日泰晤士報聲稱已獲得數百萬牽連的前亞洲足球聯合會主席在足球的管理機構,以贏得2022年世界杯的腐敗成員的秘密文件。
該報宣稱的文件,看到 英國廣播公司體育編輯大衛·邦德, 顯示,哈曼,65,是至少一年之前,決定授予該國主辦權遊說代表他的國家。
他們還涉嫌表明他還作出付款到由由特立尼達傑克·華納,國際足聯的前副總統控制的30個非洲足球協會及賬目總統控制的賬戶。
卡塔爾2022申辦委員會和哈曼一直極力否認有任何不當行為,他積極遊說代表他們在助跑表決2010年12月。
當由星期日泰晤士報上前以取得秘密文件的純淨回應稱,哈曼的兒子本·哈馬德·阿卜杜拉拒絕就代表他發表評論。
在上週日發布了新的聲明,卡塔爾2022申辦委員會表示,它已經“始終堅持道德和誠信在成功申辦2022年世界杯的最高標準”。
該委員會說,這是與加西亞的詢問協同工作,並說:“我們將採取一切必要措施捍衛卡塔爾申辦和我們的律師正在調查這件事情的完整性舉辦比賽的權利是贏了,因為它是最佳出價和,因為它是一次中東舉辦的第一屆世界杯。“
英足總主席戴克支持的博伊斯,並表示“嚴重指控”不得不進行調查,並說:“我認為,如果它顯示它是一個腐敗的制度,而誰贏得用來賄賂和其他影響來獲取選票,那麼人們當然它已經得到了再次完成。“
哈曼此前一直處於爭論在足球世界的中心。他最初是從2011年7月的運動生命被發現犯有企圖賄賂過票在那年的國際足聯大選後禁止。
然而,他的禁令是由仲裁法庭為體育而說,有足夠證據支持的懲罰廢止一年後。
國際足聯發出了他第二次生命的禁令在2012年12月為“利益衝突”,而他是亞洲足球聯合會的會長。
在2014年3月,每日電訊報報導哈曼擁有的公司已支付華納和他的家庭超過100萬英鎊。報稱付款已作出後不久,卡塔爾贏得了申辦2022年世界杯的權利。
卡塔爾,其中 擊敗了來自韓國,日本,澳大利亞和美國的出價, 一直堅持哈曼從來沒有支持他們的申辦任何官方角色,總是從卡塔爾2022競選獨立行事。
加西亞已經進行了調查,在2018年和2022年決定的腐敗和不當行為的指控。他將會晤來自卡塔爾2022組委會高級官員在阿曼週一。
同時國家對國際發展吉姆·墨菲陰影局長告訴BBC,他最近前往卡塔爾,調查移民員工工作世界杯的基礎設施,在一片辱罵和建築工地死亡的指控條件。
幾乎是 200的尼泊爾籍男子據報導,已經死亡 ,去年的工作在卡塔爾建設項目。
墨菲先生說:“在今天的星期日泰晤士報的啟示,我想,如果被證明,現在質疑卡塔爾是否應該舉行世界杯可言,作為最低限度。
“有現在需要一個法醫調查每個這些郵件和文件和每一個制定出誰支付什麼,什麼時候,什麼,什麼是潮起潮落票和投票的忠誠作為結果。
“如果這被證明,那麼在卡塔爾的建設工作已經停止,投票必須重新運行,它必須是自由和公平的,因為足球的球迷應該得到的。
“如果國際足聯不採取行動也失去了引領世界足壇的權利,”他補充說。
“讓我們希望卡塔爾贏得光明正大,但必須有一個調查,如果有任何它證明,讓我們從頭再來,取消投標,並再次運行投票。”
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