Summary: Joining for a special added extra time segment is David Larkin, a sports attorney and legal counsel for ChangeFIFA as new allegations from stellar work by The Sunday Times have erupted with serious consequences to the long term legitimacy of the Qatar 2022 World Cup bid as well as having the real potential to force wider scale issues for the FIFA presidency itself. At the core of these allegations is the appearance of leaked evidence that now confirms the worst fears and ramifications once rumored and speculated, and which in turn now erodes a number of narratives that once split the Qatar 2022 bid from the failed candidacy of Mohamed bin Hammam, who was once a major power broker as head of the AFC and member of the Executive Committee before his exile from the halls of FIFA. We examine the allegations, what they suggest and their application against a wall of political theatre and posturing ahead of the World Cup and a FIFA Congress which will set into motion yet another FIFA election for its presidency. We also examine the depth of how the politics set out for the tiny nation of Qatar who has focused on sport with almost laser precision as part of a larger soft power strategy that has largely backfired and finds itself awash in media spin that paints a misguided portrait of what is at stake and how many of the key players have operated since 2008.
