Qatar will be cleared of corruption during the 2022 World Cup bidding process when a Fifa report is published on Thursday. It was alleged that Qatar won the staging rights after Fifa officials were paid £3m to support its bid. However, Fifa’s independent ethics adjudicator, Hans Joachim Eckert, is not expected to recommend a revote. […]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina that New Delhi would always stand by Dhaka and its relationship with Bangladesh was the most important in the South Asian region. “Modi expressed interest in working with all South Asian countries to strengthen cooperation and ensure development in the region. Hasina also assured […]
Qatar rejects suggestion it could lose 2022 World Cup * FIFA Executive Committee says tournament will move * Plans under way to shift World Cup to European winter (Adds Qatar reaction) Qatar remained adamant it would host the 2022 soccer World Cup despite a FIFA Executive Committee member suggesting on Monday that the tournament would […]