The Qatar 2022 World Cup bid team ran a secret campaign to sabotage competing bids. They employed a US PR firm and ex-CIA agents to smear its rivals - mainly the United States and Australia. The aim was to create propaganda to give the impression that a World Cup would not be supported domestically.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44994041

Submitted July 28, 2018 at 06:50PM by Vranak https://www.reddit.com/r/sports/comments/92se56/the_qatar_2022_world_cup_bid_team_ran_a_secret/?utm_source=ifttt