Carillion locked in $264m Qatar 2022 project rowStruggling UK contractor Carillion is locked in a £200 million ($264 million) dispute over money owed on a project linked to the development of Qatar in preparation for the 2022 Fifa World Cup. The cash-strapped firm has not More… |
Aces wins Qatar 2022 stadium study contractArab Center for Engineering Studies (ACES) has been awarded the geotechnical investigation contract for one of the host venues for the 2022 Fifa World Cup. The 40,000-seat stadium located in Al Thumama, Qatar, is expected to host More… |
Fifa launches internal probe of corruptionSoccer's world governing body Fifa has launched an internal investigation of alleged corruption, two people familiar with the matter said, in a development that may signal greater cooperation with criminal probes by US and Swiss authorities. More… |
Swiss examine Fifa grants in soccer probeSwiss authorities are examining development grants made by Fifa around the world as part of their investigation into the sport's global governing body and its award of World Cup hosting rights for Russia in 2018 and Qatar in 2022, a source f More… |
‘No way’ Qatar will lose 2022 World CupQatar's Foreign Minister Khaled al-Attiyah said on Wednesday there was "no way" his country would be stripped of its right to host the 2022 World Cup, accusing Qatar's critics of an anti-Arab campaign. "It i More… |
'Lose-lose' if 2022 World Cup, Games clashIt would be a lose-lose situation for the Olympics and soccer if Fifa moves the 2022 World Cup to January-February and overlaps with the Winter Games, IOC president Thomas Bach warned on Tuesday. Fifa, soccer's world governing More… |
Blatter calls for calm over Qatar 2022 problemsFIFA is working to improve the rights of workers in Qatar but everyone needs to "calm down" about the problems surrounding the 2022 World Cup, the world soccer body's president Sepp Blatter said. A decision on whethe More… |
Qatar unveils 2022 World Cup stadium designQatar on Saturday unveiled the design for a new soccer stadium, inspired by a traditional fishing boat but with a cooled pitch, as it presses ahead with plans for the 2022 World Cup despite the dispute over when it can be held due to the heat. More… |
New brand for Qatar’s 2022 Fifa bidUK-based Lambie-Nairn, a leading branding and design consultancy, has created a new identity system for Qatar’s 2022 bid for the Fifa World Cup. “In order to generate the support required for a successful bid, the brand needs to communicat More… |
Qatar 2022 unveils new stadia, technologiesQatar 2022, which is bidding to host the first FIFA World Cup in the Middle East, has revealed details of a number of its stadia, and the world-first, carbon-neutral technology it will use to cool stadiums, fan fests/zones and training sites. More… |