2022 fifa world cup
Pandemic blamed for lack of VAR in World Cup qualifiers after Ronaldo fury
Video assistant referees are now set to come into the Europa League group stage as of next season.
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Italy open World Cup campaign with Northern Ireland win
Domenico Berardi and Ciro Immobile scored the crucial goals in the first half at the Stadio Ennio Tardini in Parma as the hosts extended their unbeaten run under coach Roberto Mancini to 23 games.
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European teams start World Cup qualifying campaign amid COVID-19 chaos
Fifa's decision to relax rules forcing clubs to release players during an international window remains in place until the end of April, with world football's governing body unable to ignore the wider context of the COVID-19 crisis.
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Qatar confirms first virus death among World Cup workforce
A source close to the Qatari tournament organisers told AFP that 1,102 cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed among workers at tournament projects with 121 infections still active.
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'Football will return': Qatar virtually unveils World Cup venue
Education City is the second of the seven stadiums being built from scratch for the 2022 tournament to be inaugurated.
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FIFA vice-president ponders calendar year season in Europe
The head of world soccer’s governing body himself has said that football will be totally different when it restarts and that the current stoppage could be a good chance to overhaul the overloaded calendar which is due to run until 2024.
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New bribe details on 2018, 2022 World Cup votes as execs charged
Former 21st Century Fox employees Hernan Lopez, 49, and Carlos Martinez, 41, face charges along with 65-year-old Gerard Romy, who worked for Spanish media conglomerate Imagina.
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Qatar postpones launch of new 2022 World Cup venue
The venue was due to be inaugurated when it hosted the semi-final of the Club World Cup between Liverpool and an as yet undetermined side on 18 December.
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Messi vows to play on after latest Argentina heartache
Messi will get another chance to break his tournament duck next year when the Copa America takes place in Argentina and Colombia, with the 2022 World Cup looming further on the horizon.
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Fifa to stick with 32 teams for Qatar World Cup
FIFA President Gianni Infantino had proposed expanding the tournament and explored the idea of adding additional host nations.
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Migrant workers building 2022 Fifa infrastructure still exploited: report
Migrants from Nepal, India and the Philippines have been stranded and unpaid for months in Qatar because of the nation’s use of the kafala structure.
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Infantino: 'Fifa should expand 2022 World Cup to 48 teams if possible'
Gianni Infantino has said Fifa was seeing whether it would be possible for some of Qatar’s Gulf neighbours to host some of the matches.
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Qatar seeks solid World Cup rehearsal in UAE
An in-form Qatar will be hoping to use the 10th Asian Cup in nearby United Arab Emirates as a platform for a successful maiden World Cup campaign.
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World Cup expansion possible for 2022, says Infantino
Fifa decided earlier this year to expand the 2026 World Cup to 48 teams from 32 while leaving the door open to raising the number playing in Qatar in four years’ time.
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Qatar World Cup confronted by yet another problem – rain
Average rainfall for Qatar is 77mm. For the month of October, the average is just 1.1mm.
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Infantino to ask for vote on new tournaments despite opposition
The new competitions and related commercial strategy feature on the agenda for the meeting and the Fifa spokesman told Reuters that there will be votes held on the proposals.
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Fifa head says Qatar World Cup to be best yet
Qatar’s tiny size, high temperatures and lack of ready stadium infrastructure have prompted some to question Fifa’s decision to make it host.
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2022 Fifa World Cup in Qatar to run from November to December
The World Cup shift is sure to come with criticism, specifically from European clubs.
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Infantino: Too early to discuss 48-team World Cup in 2022
The World Cup will be increased from 32 to 48 teams from 2026 but the South American Football Confederation proposed in April that the change be introduced in 2022.
