While the FIFA has been handling several corruption allegations related to Russia's hosting of the World Cup 2018, reports on corruption allegations and secret campaigns launched by Qatar to beat its rivals in hosting the 2022 tournament are piling up. The latest was by the Sunday Times, revealing that Qatar launched a secret campaign to sabotage its main rivals, the US and Australia. In the report, the Sunday Times claimed obtaining leaked documents from a whistleblower on Qatar running a secret “black operations” campaign to beat rivals to host the championship.