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Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah.
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Media slammed for doubts over Qatar World Cup

INCHEON, South Korea, October 5, 2014

Qatar got the rights to host World Cup 2022 fairly, with the procedures of Fifa, and it won't lose it   because of some negative media opinion, said the president of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah.

"We will resist until the end and we will fight for the right of Qatar until the end because we think it's related more to racism than reality. I think it's more racism than reality... the majority (of racism is from) the media,” said Al-Sabah in an interview, reported Channel NewsAsia.

Asia was united behind Qatar as Fifa studies a probe into the bidding process, he added.

"You have to be patient and strong. And we will fight. And we will resist for the right of Qatar and our region," he said, speaking at the Asian Games in Incheon, adding that it was "reasonable" to hold Qatar's World Cup in winter rather than summer, to avoid extreme temperatures in the Gulf state.

There were no grounds for stripping Qatar of the World Cup or holding a new election to decide the host country, he was quoted in the Channel NewsAsia report.

"I will support Qatar World Cup 2022 until the end. I don't find any reason that anything will be negative for the Qatar fight," he concluded.




Tags: Qatar | Fifa | World Cup |

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