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The e-mail trail suggests the tickets were destined for the black market but the planned deal - including 38 tickets for the final in Johannesburg - collapsed because the touts were not prepared to pay the asking price. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said it will look into the bribery allegations because Hayatou is also a member of the IOC.Īllegations concerning Trinidad & Tobago's Warner revolved around Panorama saying it had seen e-mails and an invoice which showed he was involved in the procurement of $84,000 worth of 2010 World Cup tickets. However, Cameroonian Hayatou has said the sum was in fact paid to the Confederation of African Football, which he heads, as part of a sponsorship deal. The now-defunct business had been lobbying to gain lucrative rights from Fifa. Panorama accused Hayatou, 64, of taking 100,000 French francs (£12,900) in 1995 from sports marketing firm ISL. "I think the momentum is out there now, people have focused on the negative side of what has been said and we now are focused on the positive side," he said. "There is no confusion in my mind."īeckham, however, believes the effect of the Panorama allegations against Fifa members has been overcome. "There is a big difference between Panorama and my relationship with the England bid," said Hayatou. He strongly denies taking a bribe and has threatened to sue the BBC. Hayatou has said that bribery claims made against him in the BBC documentary will not sway his vote.
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"The prime minister understands the importance and power of football," said Warner. Spain/Portugal could have to do without an appearance from Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo, who has an ankle injury.Īllegations of corruption were made against Fifa vice-presidents Jack Warner and Issa Hayatou as well as Fifa members Leoz and Ricardo Teixeira in the BBC's Panorama programme on Monday, just three days before the vote, raising the hackles of the England bid team.Ĭameron has met Fifa president Sepp Blatter as well as holding talks with Warner and Hayatou, who both provided encouraging signs for England's bid on Tuesday. The hosts for both 20 will be announced from 1500 GMT on Thursday. The five 2022 hopefuls - Australia, Japan, Qatar, South Korea and the United States - also made their final 30-minute presentations at Fifa headquarters before the 2018 bidders present their case on Thursday.Įngland face competition from Russia, Spain/Portugal and Netherlands/Belgium to win the right to hold the 2018 competition. Prince William's efforts have seen him meet Fifa's Rafael Salguero, Mohamed Bin Hammam and Chuck Blazer on Tuesday and Nicolas Leoz for breakfast on Wednesday, while Cameron returned to London for Prime Minister's Questions before heading back to Zurich. There are 24 hours to go and we can only keep our fingers crossed and give it one final push on Thursday." "To have that weight behind the bid is a huge thing for us," said Beckham, who was also involved in London's successful bid to host the 2012 Olympics.īeckham's former England team-mate Alan Shearer added: "There is a feel-good factor about the bid, without being too arrogant. While Russia will be without Putin, former England captain Beckham, Prince William and Cameron are part of a 30-strong England 2018 delegation lobbying for last-minute support in Zurich. "We believe that such methods of competition are entirely unacceptable." I interpret this as (a method of) unfair competition. "They are being smeared in dirt and compromised. "I would like to note that recently we have watched with disappointment as an obvious campaign was being unleashed against members of the Fifa executive committee," said Putin, whose presence in Guatemala helped secure the 2012 Winter Olympics for the Black Sea resort town of Sochi. Putin has claimed that recent allegations by the British media of corruption among Fifa's executive committee were part of a deliberate ploy to win the vote. Prime Minister David Cameron is in Zurich to help the 2018 team, unlike Russian PM Vladimir Putin, who says Fifa has been "smeared" by the media. There are fears English media reports will have a negative effect on the vote of the 22 Fifa executive members.īut Beckham said: "I think that we can trust every one of the members." David Beckham insists he has "trust" in Fifa to judge England's 2018 World Cup bid on its merits ahead of Thursday's ballot in Zurich.