• FIFA Uncovered, a new docu-series by Netflix, has shed further light on what is believed to have rocked FIFA during the awarding of South Africa, Qatar and Russia as World Cup hosts
• While the docu-series does not go into detail on how Russia might have gotten ahead of England in 2018, Qatar's case has been broken down with accounts from a whistleblower
• Qatar has severally refuted claims of wrongdoing even as it prepares to host the very first World Cup in the Middle East

Netflix has officially released its explosive docu-series that lifts the lid on the widespread and systemic corruption at the World governing body for football, FIFA.

Titled FIFA Uncovered, the four-part docu-series sought opinions of whistleblowers, experts and former and current officials of FIFA.

It touches on a variety of subjects, the key among them being how Qatar and Russia were awarded the hosting rights of the World Cup in 2022 and 2018. Allegations of corruption had rocked the bidding process.

Prior to the naming of the two countries as the winners of the bidding process in 2010, England had been widely seen as the frontrunner for the 2018 showpiece, while the United States of America was the favourite to land the 2022 tournament.

Qatar human rights record

Immediately after then FIFA President Sepp Blatter announced Qatar's win, questions were raised on why FIFA decided to take the world's largest sporting event to a country that had a poor record for human rights.

The human rights issue has...

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