Fifa exco members took bribes for Qatar World Cup votes, US prosecutors allege
(The Guardian Sports News)

Former Conmebol president among executives namedJack Warner allegedly received $5m to back Russia 2018Prosecutors in New York have revealed new details of alleged bribes paid to Fifa executive committee members to gain their votes for Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup.An indictment unsealed on Monday in the US District Court in Brooklyn says Nicolás Leoz, the Paraguayan then president of the South American governing body, Conmebol, and the former Brazil federation president Ricardo Teixeira received bribes to vote for Qatar at the 2010 Fifa executive committee meeting. Continue reading...