News

In December 2010 FIFA selected Russia and Qatar as hosts of the Men’s World Cup for 2018 and 2022 respectively. It had long been suspected representatives of both nations had bribed FIFA voting ...
Qatar has officially submitted its bid to host the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games, marking a new milestone in the Gulf ...
The FIFA World Cup kicks off Sunday in Qatar amid controversy over the sale of alcohol at stadiums, human rights, and poor labor conditions for the workers who built the event's facilities.
For more than a decade, controversy surrounded Qatar hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup and human rights organizations have been raising red flags from abuse of workers to the county's treatment of ...
But Qatar’s bid was so preposterous, and FIFA’s leaders so morally bankrupt, that bribery was the only logical explanation for the country being awarded the 2022 World Cup over the United ...
As the 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup opens Sunday, Scott Simon talks with New York Times reporter Ken Bensinger about the corruption allegations surrounding Qatar's selection as its host country.
LONDON - An announcement from FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar would not be played in the summer created yet more controversy around the finals on Wednesday.