By Andrew Warshaw
November 22 – The growing animosity between Qatar and the United States over which of the two should host the 2022 World Cup intensified today within the inner sanctum of FIFA.
By Andrew Warshaw in Doha
November 18 – The head of Qatar’s 2022 World Cup bid team today welcomed FIFA”s decision to clear them of any vote-trading collusion saying he always knew they had done nothing wrong.
By Andrew Warshaw in Doha
November 17 – The most powerful man in Asian football insisted today that Qatar was still on track to host the World Cup despite an unfavourable assessment by FIFA but stressed the world governing body should “never again” vote on back to back tournaments at the same time.
By Andrew Warshaw in Doha
November 15 – The head of Qatar’s 2022 World Cup bid has launched a passionate defence of his country’s campaign as the Gulf state readies itself for a verdict that could decide its fate two weeks before schedule.
October 13 - Leading international branding agency Lambie-Nairn has joined the list of organisations sponsoring Qatar’s bid to host the FIFA 2022 World Cup.
October 6- Plans for a stunning centrepiece World Cup stadium have been unveiled by Qatar’s 2022 Bid Committee during the Leaders in Football conference in London today.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 29 – Fierce rivals Brazil and Argentina will meet in a prestige friendly in Qatar in the latest high-profile attempt by the oil-rich Gulf nation to prove it can stage top-class football – despite the region’s notoriously stifling heat.
September 19 – Qatar World Cup officials are due to travel to Syria on Tuesday (September 22) for the official opening of a FIFA-standard artificial football pitch in Yarmouk Camp on the outskirts of Damascus, home to the largest Palestinian population in Syria.
By Duncan Mackay in Doha
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
September 17 – Qatar are hoping that the announcement of Zinedine Zidane as the most high-profile of their ambassadors will help revive their bid to host the 2022 World Cup after FIFA cast serious doubt over its chances.
By Duncan Mackay in Doha
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
September 16 - Qatar’s bid to host the 2022 World Cup has suffered a serious setback after FIFA’s inspectors warned that the country was too small to host the tournament and it would present significant “logistical challenges”, at a stroke undermining one of the key planks of its campaign.
By Duncan Mackay in Doha
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
September 14 – FIFA’s inspectors today begun the final visit of their tour of the countries campaigning for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups when they landed here to look at Qatar’s bid.
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September 10 – Qatar Airways has been announced as as the official airline of the country’s bid to host the 2022 World Cup.
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August 30 – Qatar National Bank (QNB) has today been named the Official Bank of the Qatar 2022 bid to host the World Cup.
July 30 – Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President Mohamed Bin Hammam has revealed that he plans to vote for Qatar to host the World Cup in 2022.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
May 15 – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (pictured) today pledged his country’s support to Qatar’s bid to host the 2022 World Cup.