Valcke: Qatar won World Cup fairly

Referring to an email leaked by FIFA vice-president Jack Warner, he explained: "What I wanted to say is that the winning bid used their financial strength to lobby for support."

"They were a candidate with a very important budget and have used it to heavily promote their bid all around the world in a very efficient manner," Valcke explained in the statement released by FIFA.

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