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$2 Mn Sent To Child of FIFA Member Before 2022 World Cup Award

A sum of $2 million was sent to the 10-year-old daughter of a FIFA official prior to Qatar being awarded the hosting of...

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Claims of Corruption In Qatar Bid Published In Germany

Claims of alleged corruption in Qatar’s successful 2022 World Cup bid have been published in the German media. Bild...

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Turkey Deepens Diplomatic Negotiation Over Qatari Crisis

Turkey is intensifying its diplomatic efforts to mediate the crisis between Qatar and several Arab countries, but...

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Turkey FM In Doha As UN ‘alarmed’ By Gulf Crisis

The search for a diplomatic solution to the Gulf crisis intensified Wednesday as Turkey's foreign minister landed in...

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Turkey FM In Doha As UN ‘alarmed’ By Gulf Crisis

The search for a diplomatic solution to the Gulf crisis intensified Wednesday as Turkey's foreign minister landed in...

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Qatar Keep World Cup Hopes Alive

World Cup 2022 hosts Qatar improbably kept alive their slim hopes of qualifying for next year's tournament in Russia...

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Xi To Meet FIFA Boss As China Harbours World Cup Ambition

China's football-mad President Xi Jinping will meet with FIFA chief Gianni Infantino in Beijing on Wednesday as the...

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Infantino ‘confident’ In 2022 Despite Qatar Crisis

FIFA is confident the diplomatic crisis sweeping Qatar will normalise and not threaten the 2022 World Cup, the...

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Turkey In ‘difficult Position’ Over Support For Qatar

Turkey is keen to support its close ally Qatar in a diplomatic crisis with Doha's Gulf neighbours, but has found itself...

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Gulf Crisis Leaves Allies In Difficult Spot

The unprecedented crisis between Qatar and four of its Gulf neighbours including Saudi Arabia is causing a conflict of...

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Gulf Crisis Threatens Qatar 2022 World Cup

The diplomatic crisis unraveling in the Gulf region could revive a campaign by critics of Qatar to strip the country of...

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Gulf Crisis Could Hit Qatar 2022

The diplomatic crisis sweeping the Gulf could invigorate a campaign by critics of Qatar to strip Doha of the 2022 World...

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Xavi’s Al Sadd Win Qatar’s Emir Cup

A dramatic last minute winner gave Al Sadd, skippered by Barcelona legend Xavi Hernandez, victory in the Emir Cup final...

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Football World Cup Will Attract 1.3 Mn Fans

Up to 1.3 million fans will visit Qatar during the 2022 World Cup, an official said Thursday, equivalent to half the...

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Air-Conditioned Qatar World Cup Stadium Ready

With a little under 2,022 days until the Qatar World Cup kicks-off, the tiny yet hugely ambitious Gulf state will...

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2022 World Cup Stadium Ready For Inauguration

Construction work has been completed at this iconic stadium which only highlights the speed at which Qatar is working...

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FIFA Gathers In Bahrain Under A Fresh Cloud

Two years on from the corruption crisis which consumed FIFA, football's governing body meets for its latest annual...

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Qatar World Cup Workers Get Nutrition Health Checks

As many as 1,000 Qatar World Cup construction workers are receiving health checks as part of a pilot programme agreed...

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Tycoon Chung To Appeal FIFA Ban, Slams ‘hitmen’

South Korean billionaire Chung Mong-Joon said Thursday he would appeal to the international sports tribunal over his...