Sunday Times: Qatar wins World Cup "after secretly paying $ 880 million to FIFA"

The Sunday Times published an expanded article on the front page and extensively reiterated on two full pages of the newspaper revealing leaks of documents obtained by Qatar in its bid to win the World Cup in 2022 after Doha paid secret sums estimated to $ 880 million to the International Football Association. Viva).

"The Qatari government has offered a $ 400 million contract to FIFA to obtain the rights to transfer the World Cup three weeks before the announcement of his victory and signing by the network officials. Al Jazeera of a TV transfer contract with FIFA, providing for the payment of an additional deposit of $ 100 million to a FIFA account if Qatar wins the 2022 World Cup ".

The newspaper considers the offer a conflict of interest for FIFA, as the island was led by Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the main driver of the Qatar campaign to win the World Cup in 2010.

The newspaper added that a $ 480 million contract had been signed by Al Jazeera in 2013, after doubts about the tournament's organizational rights and a short time after the end of FIFA's investigations on the legality of the rights of Qatar to organize the tournament and allegations of corruption in the voting process.

According to the newspaper, the first contract, concluded before the vote of 2010, constitutes a violation of FIFA anti-corruption laws, which prohibit commercial relations with any organization associated with the attempt to win the championship organization before the vote, adding that "FIFA claims to be repaired after the scandals". The latter will receive an additional $ 100 million after the success of Qatar in the tournament, under the terms of the first contract next month. "

Damien Collins, chair of the UK House of Commons 'Culture, Sports and Media Committee, called on FIFA to suspend the contract until the European Commission' s Values ​​Commission. Union examines and clarifies its legality and compliance with FIFA standards.

"The value paid by the island for television rights is unprecedented, especially the $ 100 million allocated by the contract if Qatar wins the tournament," the newspaper said. "The contract stipulates that there would be a grant to the International Federation for production costs if the tournament was held in Qatar."

The newspaper adds that a spokesman for BBC Sports Network, who bought Al Jazeera Sports, then declined to comment on the charges and dismissed him as unrealistic. He also said that thorough investigations had been conducted on these charges and concluded that there was no irregularity in access to Qatar to organize the tournament.

"Children of a state organism in danger"

The Observer has published an article from Middle East editor Martin Schulof on children of the Islamic State organization and their universal disregard.

Schulof explains that there are about 3,000 children of foreign fighters within the organization, such as Britain's Shamma Begum, all at great risk, explaining that British officials have always struggled to reach their citizens in the last two years.

British intelligence officials, MI6, and other British officials have forged close ties with Kurdish officials in areas under their control located in northeastern Syria, where the remnants of fighters The organization is now in place, said Schulof.

The region, with the exception of a very small part, represents the last line of confrontation with al-Qaeda fighters, the most secure area of ​​Syria where hundreds of aid workers, journalists and foreign correspondents are assets, making it a suitable place to move away from the war.

Cholov said the arrested fighters had been taken to a camp near the eastern border with Iraq, while members of the group had been taken to the al-Hol camp, south of Beijing. 39, Al-Hasakah, and that the camps had hosted about 25,000 people who had fled combat areas in the last three weeks.

"Hundreds of children are the most vulnerable in both camps, most of them being newborns, and hundreds of women are currently pregnant," said Schulof. "They face serious health problems due to lack of medicines and low temperatures.

"Second class citizens"

The Independent on Sunday published an editorial on the treatment of British Interior Minister Sajid Jowid with the British case that escaped to join the Islamic State organization Shamima Begum .

The newspaper says that she can not take responsibility for the death of an injured child, a child, as she was unaware of the truth about what had happened to the baby and the extent of the chances of survival had he moved to live in Britain.

"What we can say is that Sajid Jawid was wrong to reject Shamma Begum's return to Britain, and it seems that his decision was motivated by his political ambition to succeed Teresa Mai at the post. of prime minister rather than being bound by international laws. "

"Gweed's decision to reject Begum's return to Britain because she could claim citizenship in Bangladesh was opportunistic and her argument collapsed a few hours after Bangladesh refused to accept it. take responsibility for Chmima Begum because she had not even visited him once, "the paper said.

The paper pointed out that Jawid's decision was a dangerous precedent because it would allow the British government to consider any citizen of another nationality or the birth of one of his parents in another country as a citizen of a second class and to be treated differently from any British citizen unrelated to another country.