Estão conspirando com o Qataris?

On the same day the two FIFA executives compromised by a sting reporting job by The Sunday Times were suspended pending a review, another British newspaper has named who they say are the two parties under investigation for vote-trading.

The Telegraph will report Thursday morning that the Qatari committee bidding to host the 2022 World Cup are under investigation for possibly conspiring with the 2018 combined bid of Spain and Portugal, in violation of FIFA's bidding rules. If this proves to be the case, then FIFA could disqualify both bids.

While Qatar remains a longshot for 2022 against the US, Australia, Japan and South Korea, the Iberian bid is considered a rival to England's quest to upend current front-runners Russia. Were the Spanish/Portuguese bid dismissed, England could focus exclusively on the Russians, with the Benelux bid still lurking in the distance.

Fortunately, the date remains 2 December on when we find out whether Egyptian and Peruvian soccer fans will blare their vuvuzelas inbetween bites of Gates' barbecued beef brisket at Arrowhead Stadium in 2022.