Triesman accuses four FIFA members
Former Football Association chairman Lord Triesman has lifted the lid on the 2018 World Cup bidding process, accusing four FIFA executive committee members of requesting gifts in return for votes.
Nicolas Leoz, Jack Warner, Ricardo Teixeira and Worawi Makudi were all singled out by Triesman as he spoke before MPs at the Culture, Media and Sport Committee in the House of Commons. Triesman confirmed he will be taking the claims to FIFA.
In the most astonishing allegation, Paraguay's Nicolas Leoz is said to have demanded a knighthood in return for voting for England's 2018 bid.
Warner, meanwhile, reportedly requested £2.5 million to build an education centre in Trinidad - with the cash to be channelled through him - before later asking for £500,000 to buy Haiti's World Cup TV rights for the earthquake-hit nation, again with the money to go through him.
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http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/917869/lord-triesman-accuses-four-fifa-officials-of-improprietyThe lid is starting to come off the cauldron of corruption that was the World Cup bidding process. It's ugly. The ultimate disgrace was the selection of Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup.
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