Football Federation Australia chairman Frank Lowy said he had shared with authorities what he knows about corruption in the bidding for the 2022 World Cup. He said he knew his country “ran a clean bid,” but that “others did not.” Australia – along with the United States, Japan, and South Korea – vied for the hosting of the tournament, which was controversially awarded to Qatar. Australia secured only one vote despite ploughing more than Aus$40 million (US$31 million) into the bid. American and Swiss authorities are investigating alleged rampant and long-running corruption within FIFA. Several top FIFA officials were arrested in dawn raids in Zurich last week and accused by US investigators of taking tens of millions of dollars in bribes. One of the probes is looking into the award of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar.
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