Qatar is alleged to have paid more $1.5 million to members of FIFA in order to secure their bid for the 2022 World Cup. Sports correspondent for the BBC, Gordon Farquhar reports. FIFA President Sepp Blatter says he will ask for evidence of the claims that six of his colleagues were involved in allegations of corruption.
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