In an interview with InsideWorldFootball.com, Sepp Blatter said that it “may well be that [FIFA] made a mistake” in awarding the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, whileunderlining his commitment to moving the tournament to the winter to avoid the Middle Eastern country’s summer heat, where temperatures can reach 122 degrees. The FIFA President also suggestedthat […]
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FIFA Taskforce Wants Russia, Qatar to Relax Anti-Gay Laws
FIFA’s anti-discrimination taskforce has urged soccer’s world governing body to pressure Russia and Qatar, hosts of the 2018 and 2022 World Cup tournaments, respectively, to relaxanti-gay legislation. In Russia, laws punish the promotion of homosexuality. In Qatar, homosexuality is illegal.
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EPL: FIFA Should Move 2022 World Cup
Premier League Chief Richard Scudamore has joined the English Football Association in urging FIFA to consider moving the 2022 World Cup from Qatar. Growing concerns about hosting thetournament in the country’s searing summer heat has forced FIFA to consider moving the tournament to the winter, but both the FA and Premier League say that that […]
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FIFA Asks Russia for Anti-Gay Law Clarification
FIFA has asked 2018 World Cup host Russia for “clarification and more details” about the country’s new anti-gay law, which has prompted an international furor. The InternationalOlympic Committee is already seeking answers about how Russia plans to enforce the law during the Sochi Winter Olympics in February. According to the AP, FIFA supports “zerotolerance against […]
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Gulati: USA Not World Cup Backup
In a wide-ranging press conference ahead of the Gold Cup final, which the U.S. won 1-0 against Panama, U.S. Soccer Federation President Sunil Gulati revealed that the United Stateshas not been approached about hosting either the 2014 or 2022 World Cups, that the USA is still interested in participating in the 2016 Copa America, and […]
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FIFA Member Calls Qatar World Cup a 'Mistake'
Theo Zwangziger, a member of FIFA’s executive committee, has come out and said that awarding the 2022 World Cup to Qatar was a “blatant mistake” and that evenmoving the tournament to the winter to avoid the country’s searing summer temperatures wouldn’t be ideal.
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Blatter Presses for Winter World Cup in 2022
Sepp Blatter says he plans to ask FIFA’s executive committee to consider moving the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to the winter, in order to avoid the Middle Eastern country’ssearing summer temperatures. “If this World Cup is to become a party for the people, you can’t play football in the summer,” the FIFA President said […]
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Report: Qatar to Spend $200 Billion Ahead of World Cup
According to the AP, a new report from Deloitte, a consultancy firm, says that Qatar plans to spend up to $200 billion over the next decade in preparation for hosting the World Cup in 2022. Thereport, released on Tuesday, says that $140 billion will be spent on transportation infrastructure, including a new airport, roads and […]
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“It comes down to sports politics. I’ll be very frank and very open with you that whoever the next president of FIFA becomes, for any support to come from Concacaf, that must be one of theoverarching objectives and commitments to this confederation, that 2026 will come to Concacaf.” — Concacaf president Jeffrey Webb, saying itis […]
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Brazilians challenge the myth of Big Soccer
By Paul Gardner A mere seven years ago, you may remember, we were being invited — though at times it seemed almost like being commanded — to appreciate the wonderfulsocial benefits of soccer. Throughout the 2006 World Cup in Germany, and in all the later assessments (particularly the official, FIFA, ones) the barrage of praise […]