DHAKA: Fifa vice-president Jim Boyce says he would support a re-vote to find a new host for the Qatar World Cup in 2022 if corruption allegations can be proven.

The Sunday Times alleges Fifa officials accepted payments totalling £3m in return for support of the Qatari bid.

Fifa’s chief investigator Michael Garcia is already conducting a long-running inquiry into the allegations.

‘I would have no problem if the recommendation was for a re-vote,’ Boyce told BBC Radio 5 live.

‘If Garcia reports that wrongdoing happened for the 2022 vote then it has to be looked at very seriously,’ Boyce told 5 live’s Sportsweek program.

‘The Fifa executive committee are 100% behind Garcia,’ he continued.

‘He will be allowed to go and speak to anyone from around the world to complete his mission. All evidence should go to him and we will then await a full report on his findings.’

The allegations of corruption centre on former Fifa official Mohammed bin Hammam, with the Sunday Times claiming to have obtained millions of secret documents that implicate the former Asian Football Confederation president in corrupting members of football’s governing body to win the 2022 World Cup.

The newspaper alleges the documents, seen by BBC sports editor David Bond, show that Bin Hammam, 65, was lobbying on his country’s behalf at least a year before the decision to award the country hosting rights.

BDST: 1858 HRS, JUNE 01, 2014