World Wide Web: The corruption scandal doesn’t start and end with FIFA

Chuck Blazer, once football’s biggest powerbroker in USA, received bribe from South Africa to host 2010 world cup and facilitated bribe from Morrocco for the 1998 edition.

Trinidad

Jack Warner, the beleaguered FIFA vice-president and CONCACAF president, was implicated in numerous corruption allegations some of which date back to the 1980s.

South Korea

The promise of being re-elected to the FIFA executive committee saw Chung Mong-Joon vote for Qatar ahead of his native South Korea who were also in the race. Chung is considering to run for FIFA presidency.

Portugal

Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho alleged he lost the 2012 FIFA Coach of the year award due to corruption within the governing body. He alleged that the votes were ‘rigged’ and ‘changed’ that year.

Brazil

Brazilian former chief Ricardo Teixeira has been accused of accepting $9.5m in bribes from ISL, defunct marketing company that held TV rights, for the 2014 World Cup. His successor Jose Maria Marin was arrested in the Zurich raid.
Germany

Germany sent a shipment of rocket-propelled grenades to Saudi Arabia in order to secure support for their bid to host the 2006 Cup. Reports also claim that German firms pledged to invest in Thailand and South Korea.

South Africa

It has emerged that they paid $10 million as ‘bribe’ to ensure votes during the 2010 World Cup hosting country selection process. Morocco, it is claimed, were the original choice to host the edition.

Russia

To get to host the 2018 World Cup, Vladimir Putin offered Blatter exemption from Russian taxes and customs for FIFA, and right for FIFA employees to bring in and exchange any amount of currency without limits or customs declaration.
Qatar

The epicentre of the entire scandal. Accused of bribing FIFA officials to win the hosting rights of the 2022 World Cup. Mohamed bin Hammam, a FIFA presidential candidate in 2011, is the prime accused and was handed a life-ban in this connection.
France

A year after Michel Platini voted for Qatar, his son Laurent became the chief executive of Burrda, a Qatar-owned sports company. FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke, under fire for his alleged role in the $10mn payoff to South Africa, is also a French national.

Pakistan

South Korea’s Chung Mong-Joon, former FIFA vice president, gave a $400,000 donation to the Pakistan
Football Federation for a flood relief project in Jhang, Punjab, in October 2010.
The project never saw the light of day.
Sri Lanka

First South Asian to be elected to FIFA executive committee, Manilal Fernando was soon handed a life-ban. A close ally of Mohamed bin Hammam, he was accused of financial frauds and embezzling millions of dollars meant for the game’s development.
India

Former AIFF general secretary Alberto Colaco was suspended by FIFA last year for 3 years after it was proved that he received payments of $23,000 in the context of elections for the FIFA Executive Committee at the AFC Congress in May 2009.
Oceania (headquartered in New Zealand)

Reynald Temarii, president of Oceania football confederation, admitted that two bids had offered “huge payments” ($10-12 million)  for his support in 2018 world cup bidding.
Ireland

Ireland claimed they were paid £3.67mn by Sepp Blatter to drop legal action over a controversial handball by Thierry Henry that prevented them from reaching the world cup finals in 2010.