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FA compile dossier into corrupt World Cup bids
Fresh claims accuse Qatar, Russia and England of breaking the rules

The English Football Association FA released a statement yesterday detailing how they have helped Fifa regarding the unpublished report written by ethics investigator Michael Garcia.

It comes after the Sunday Times sent Parliament a dossier — compiled by England’s 2018 bidding team — accusing Russia, Qatar and England of breaking Fifa’s rules during the bidding process of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

In the dossier, the hosts of the two tournaments — Russia and Qatar — are said to have engaged in vote-trading and vote-buying while England failed miserably in an attempt to engineer a vote-swap between themselves for their failed 2018 and South Korea’s 2022 bid.

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