Tag: 2022 Qatar FIFA WC

• Thursday, June 12th 2014 - 06:25 UTC

  Blatter is king of FIFA: age and term of office limits proposals, rejected

  

  FIFA's 209 member federations have overwhelmingly rejected proposals for age limits and term of office limits. Delegates at the FIFA Congress meeting in Sao Paulo booted out the plan that formed part of the recommendations to revamp FIFA's governance.

• Tuesday, June 10th 2014 - 08:48 UTC

  Two more World Cup sponsors demand FIFA deals with corruption allegations

  

  Two World Cup sponsors, Coca Cola and Budweiser launched activation events in Brazil on Monday and joined Adidas, Sony and Visa in demanding FIFA deal effectively with the corruption allegations swirling around Qatar’s World Cup bid.

• Monday, June 2nd 2014 - 07:48 UTC

  .Qatar vehemently denies corruption claims in the bid for hosting 2022 World Cup

  

  Qatari organizers of soccer's 2022 World Cup have “vehemently” denied accusations their successful bid was corrupt, saying its lawyers were looking into claims made by a British Sunday newspaper.

• Saturday, May 17th 2014 - 06:39 UTC

  Blatter admits that awarding Qatar the 2022 World Cup was a 'mistake'

  

  Awarding the 2022 soccer World Cup to Qatar was a 'mistake' and the tournament will probably have to be held in the winter because of the heat, FIFA president Sepp Blatter has said.“Of course, it was a mistake. You know, one comes across a lot of mistakes in life,” he told Swiss television station RTS in an interview.

• Monday, March 17th 2014 - 15:56 UTC

  FIFA top committee to address Qatar (Cup 2022) labor working conditions

  

  A new report from the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) exposes how far Qatar will go to deny workers their rights, ahead of a critical FIFA Executive Committee meeting on Thursday 20th March in Zurich.

• Tuesday, February 25th 2014 - 20:51 UTC

  Qatar, host of 2022 World Cup described as 'a slave state' by ITUC which calls on FIFA to act

  

  FIFA recognized the terrible conditions for migrant workers in Qatar, host of the 2022 World Cup, at a European Parliament hearing but fell short of calling for an end to the kafala visa system which enslaves people working in the country.

• Saturday, November 30th 2013 - 07:09 UTC

  Brazil’s troubles and Qatar human rights record on FIFA's ExCo agenda next week

  

  The troubled state of Brazil’s 2014 World Cup preparations and Qatar 2022 concerns are expected to be the main talking points at next week’s FIFA Executive Committee meeting in Salvador de Bahia.

• Saturday, November 23rd 2013 - 06:57 UTC

  FIFA blames France and Germany for 'slave working conditions' in Qatar stadiums

  

  FIFA boss Sepp Blatter on Friday hit back at criticism over work conditions on World Cup venues in Qatar, accusing European companies and saying France and Germany pushed the bid for “economic interests”.

• Friday, October 11th 2013 - 13:03 UTC

  FIFA investigator meets English officials on frustrated 2018 World Cup bid

  

  Senior officials from the England team which bid to host the 2018 World Cup are meeting a lawyer appointed by FIFA to investigate allegations of wrong-doping surrounding the voting process.

• Friday, September 27th 2013 - 21:52 UTC

  “Appalling conditions” for workers readying the 2022 World Cup hosted by Qatar

  

  Qatar 2022 World Cup organisers say they are “appalled” by the findings of an investigation into the treatment of migrant workers in the country. The Guardian reported Nepalese workers in Qatar “face exploitation and abuses that amount to modern-day slavery”.