Tag: 2022 Qatar FIFA WC

• Wednesday, June 15th 2022 - 08:11 UTC

  Costa Rica clinch football World Cup berth after beating NZ

  

  Costa Rica striker Joel Campbell Tuesday scored two minutes into the game and gave his country the last berth available at this year¡s football World Cup in Qatar with a 1-0 victory over New Zealand's All Whites. The match was played at the Al Rayyan Stadium.

• Tuesday, June 14th 2022 - 08:39 UTC

  Peru eliminated from Qatar football World Cup

  

  Australia beat Peru 5-4 on penalties to advance to the football World Cup finals later this year after a goalless draw.

• Monday, May 30th 2022 - 07:47 UTC

  Royal Navy and Air Force will support Qatar during the World Cup

  

  The United Kingdom Ministry of Defense has announced it will support Qatar with military capabilities to counter terrorism and other threats to the international football tournament.

• Wednesday, September 4th 2019 - 07:50 UTC

  Qatar unveils the logo for the 2022 World Cup; emblem displayed in several major cities

  

  Qatar unveiled the logo for the 2022 World Cup which will be hosted by the Gulf emirate by displaying it in public spaces in Doha and cities around the world on Tuesday.

• Monday, August 19th 2019 - 22:13 UTC

  Qatar painting roads in blue to combat effects of extreme heat

  

  City administration of the capital of Qatar, Doha, began painting city roads in blue, as part of a pilot project to combat the effects of extreme heat. Qatar is scheduled to host the 2022 World Cup.

• Monday, October 22nd 2018 - 08:00 UTC

  Qatar will contract cruise vessels with 20.000 rooms to host 2022 World Cup fans

  

  Qatar could accommodate thousands more football fans on cruise ships during the 2022 World Cup than previously estimated, leading organizers in the emirate have revealed. An official with the country's largest hotel owner, Katara Hospitality, confirmed on Sunday that up to 20,000 rooms on ships would be made available to supporters in four years' time.

• Friday, October 5th 2018 - 03:22 UTC

  Emir of Qatar in Bs.Aires to meet with Macri over Vaca Muerta

  

  The emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, arrived Thursday evening in Argentina to meet with President Mauricio Macri on Friday to discuss oil investments in Vaca Muerta and other bilateral issues.

• Monday, July 30th 2018 - 06:53 UTC

  Campaign to discredit process leading to Qatar organizing 2022 World Cup

  

  The world's football governing body FIFA has been urged to conduct an “independent investigation” into claims the Qatar 2022 World Cup bid team ran a secret campaign in 2010 to sabotage competing host bids.

• Monday, July 16th 2018 - 07:42 UTC

  Infantino praises Russia and Putin for “the best World Cup ever”

  

  Gianni Infantino praised the organization of the Russia World Cup and restates that the first Middle East host could expand the tournament. Speaking at FIFA’s closing press conference of the four-week World Cup, the FIFA president said: ”For a couple of years, I was saying this would be the best World Cup ever, today I can say it with more conviction because I lived it and you lived it. It is the best World Cup ever.”

• Tuesday, November 28th 2017 - 09:37 UTC

  Huge payments linked to the 2022 Qatar World Cup investigated by Brazil and FBI

  

  The transfer of US$22 million made by Qatar and allegedly linked to the soccer 2022 World Cup is being investigated by the Brazilian justice ministry and the FBI, according to a report in the French news website Mediapart on Sunday.