Mohamed bin Hammam, president of the Asian Football Federation, speaks during the 62nd Congress of the CONMEBOL in Luque May 1, 2011. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno
DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar's 2022 World Cup organising committee has denied being aware of any alleged payments by the disgraced former head of the country's soccer association to an ex-vice president of FIFA.
Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Tuesday that a company under the control of Mohamed Bin Hammam paid $1.2 million to Jack Warner, the former president of North American soccer's governing body CONCACAF and a member of the FIFA committee which chose the 2022 World Cup hosts.
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