Where is bin hammam from

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mohamed Bin Hammam said he did not want to see Fifa's name "dragged more in the mud".

Sepp Blatter faces ethics allegations but denies any wrongdoing. Published 1 June Published 29 May Published 27 May Published 28 May Published 26 May Published 11 May The Court of Arbitration for Sport CAS subsequently annulled his lifetime ban from FIFA based on a lack of evidence, though the body stressed the year-old had not been found innocent. But FIFA said Bin Hammam has resigned with immediate effect from all his roles in a letter dated December 15 and that his life ban was based on a report by Michael Garcia, chair of their Ethics Committee.

More Videos It is alleged he was looking for support for Qatar and the establishment of a vote-rigging syndicate within FIFA's hierarchy. My job is to win the World Cup for Qatar. The allegations go further, suggesting bin Hammam arranged meetings between Qatar's committee and other powerbrokers, andpaid for luxurious travel for FIFA executives for the sole purpose of gathering support for Qatar's bid. The vote-rigging was alluded to by his assistant general secretary of the AFC, Michelle Chai, in an electronic message.

It is unknown whether FIFA will follow up these claims but after Australia's hopes of a revote were quashed, there is now faint hope. Mohammed Bin Hammam the alleged mastermind behind corrupt plot of Qatar May Withdrew candidacy from challenging Blatter three days before the vote. June Jack Warner resigned from his football positions after the revelations.

He threatened a "tsunami" of corruption revelations about Fifa, and leaked an email in which the Fifa general-secretary, Jerome Valcke, had written that Qatar "bought the World Cup.

The tsunami never materialised.