British MPs call for independent inquiry into Qatar’s 2022 World Cup bid

By James M. Dorsey

A British parliamentary committee has called for an independent inquiry into the awarding by world soccer body FIFA of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar. The call dashes Qatari hopes that it had put to bed allegations of bribery with the admission earlier this year by a whistleblower that she had fabricated allegations t…