FIFA should investigate allegations that the Qatar 2022 World Cup bid team ran a campaign to undermine rivals, a British Member of Parliament has said.
The Sunday Times reported that leaked documents revealed that the Qatar bid team used former CIA agents and a public relations company to sabotage other bidders by suggesting they did not have the domestic backing for a World Cup -- a key FIFA requirement.
Qatar won the right to stage the tournament, defeating other bids from Australia, the United States, South Korea and Japan, in 2010.
Qatar's Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy said it rejected the allegations, but Damian Collins, who chairs the UK's Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee, said an investigation should be carried out.