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[email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 FIFA clears Qatar, no 2022 re-vote • 2018 tournament to stay with Russia • UK football association slams criticism in report Al Thawadi: Qatar PARIS: Football’s world gov- Netherlands and Portugal/Spain. never doubted erning body FIFA has cleared The report says that in an Qatar and Russia of any mis- A clean chit for attempt to “curry favour” with its clean record conduct and ruled out a re-vote Trinidad and Tobago official Jack for 2018 and 2022 World Cup Bin Hammam Warner, believed to control a RIYADH: Qatar has never tournaments. PARIS: The FIFA eth- block of FIFA executive votes, the doubted the “clean” record by An exhaustive report by the ics committee report again England bid team contravened which it won the bid to host FIFA ethics committee said there probed the role of Qatari bidding rules. The FA rejected the 2022 World Cup, Hassan was not enough evidence to justify Mohammed bin Hammam, a the criticisms. Al Thawadi, Secretary- reopening the process. former member of the FIFA The report also said that in General, Qatar 2022 Organising “The report identified certain executive committee banned Australia’s bid for 2022 “there are Committee, said yesterday. occurrences that were suited from football activity in 2012. certain indications of potentially “We were confident that any to impair the integrity of the In June, Britain’s Sunday problematic conduct of specific impartial investigation was to 2018/2022 bidding process,” said Times had alleged that he individuals in the light of relevant show that our record was clean the 42-page report released by had paid over $5m to officials FIFA Ethics rules.” and contains no irregularities,” Hans Joachim Eckert, Chairman around the world before the In a break with FIFA tradition, he said.