FIFA Sec Gen Hopes TV Rights Scandal Does Not Affect Qatar World Cup

FIFA's number two Fatma Samoura does not believe criminal investigations over the sale of World Cup rights to the Qatari-owned beIN Media group will jeopardise Qatar's hosting of the 2022 World Cup

Madrid, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 17th Oct, 2017 ) :FIFA's number two Fatma Samoura does not believe criminal investigations over the sale of World Cup rights to the Qatari-owned beIN Media group will jeopardise Qatar's hosting of the 2022 World Cup.

Last week Swiss prosecutors said a criminal corruption probe targeting Paris Saint-Germain president and beIN media chief, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, and disgraced former FIFA executive Jerome Valcke had been launched over the sale of media rights for World Cups 2018-2030.

"I hope that the ongoing investigations will not disrupt the organisation of this World Cup," Samoura told AFP in an exclusive interview on Tuesday.