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New Zealand and Costa Rica play-off for final Qatar 2022 finals place

June 14 – After Asia  made history on Monday by securing a record sixth berth at the World Cup,  New Zealand attempt tonight to become the sole country from the tiny Oceania confederation to make the finals in Qatar.

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Qatar 2022

Redmayne stars as Aussies beat Peru to make it six AFC nations through to Qatar 2022

June 13 – Australia will return to the World Cup for a fifth consecutive time after eliminating Peru from the penalty spot 5-4, with substitute goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne proving the hero. 

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Qatar 2022

Ecuador keep Qatar 2022 slot, but Chile ready to take fake nationality case to CAS

By Andrew Warshaw

June 13 – Ecuador has kept its place at the World Cup – for the time being at least – after FIFA threw out Chile’s protests over an ineligible player being fielded during the qualifying competition.

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Qatar 2022

Hot date: Australia and Peru line-up in winner-takes-all Qatar 2022 play-off

June 13 – This time, only one of them can make it. Australia and Peru, who both qualified for the last World Cup four years ago, clash later today in their inter-continental playoff in a bid to secure the penultimate berth at this year’s finals in Qatar.

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FIFA

Qatar league signs FIFA MoU to support ‘transformation plan’

June 13 – Looking beyond the Qatar 2022 World Cup, FIFA and the Qatar Stars League (QSL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will see the world governing body provide on how to raise club management and administration standards across all QSL first and second division clubs.

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Qatar 2022

Israel clears way for fans to travel to Qatar for World Cup finals

June 10 – Israelis will be able to travel to Qatar to attend the 2022 World Cup games in Qatar, Israeli ministers said on Thursday, reconfirming the position held by World Cup organisers.

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World Cup 2026

Edmonton confirms it is all-in with bid to host 2026 World Cup matches

June 9 – The Canadian men’s team may have pulled out of playing a friendly game last week as the players negotiate over 2022 World Cup bonus payments, but the City of Edmonton has confirmed it is all-in with its bid to host matches at the 2026 World Cup.

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Qatar 2022

Qatar 2022: Aussies edge past UAE to set up Peru showdown for World Cup spot

June 8 – Australia’s World Cup hopes remain alive after labouring to a 2-1 victory against the United Arab Emirates to set up a final, sudden-death playoff with Peru next Monday. 

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Qatar 2022

Zidane ‘headbutt’ statue to go back on display in Qatar

June 8 – A statue of Zinedine Zidane’s infamous 2006 World Cup headbutt on Marco Materazzi is to be put back on display by Qatar authorities nine years after it was removed following a public backlash.

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Qatar 2022

Wales living the Qatar 2022 dream. Ukraine heroes have theirs cruelly shattered

By Andrew Warshaw

June 6 – They may have been second best over 90 minutes but a combination of an inspired goalkeeping display and the support of a passionate crowd helped Wales get over the line on Sunday as they reached their first World Cup finals for 64 years with a 1-0 win over luckless war-torn Ukraine.

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Qatar 2022

One match, two winners? Emotions high as Scotland host Ukraine in World Cup play-offs

June 1 – A packed stadium and the whole of Scotland will be supporting the home side. But pretty much the rest of the world will be rooting for the visitors, Ukraine.

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Qatar 2022

Debate burns over whether Qatar 2022 will achieve carbon neutral target

May 31 – FIFA and Qatar’s claims that the 2022 World Cup will be carbon neutral have been cast into doubt by a new report drafted by climate experts.

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Qatar 2022

Ukraine’s Zinchenko motivated to make his country proud against Scotland

May 27 – Ukrainian defender Oleksandr Zinchenko said his team hopes to make their country proud when they take on Scotland in a World Cup playoff semi-final next week.

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Qatar 2022

Davos attendees told it is time to accept the World Cup will be in an Arab Muslim country

May 24 – The ruler of Qatar has hit back at what he describes as unprecedented attacks on his country, including by those “in a position of influence”, in the build-up to the World Cup later this year.

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Qatar 2022

Qatar’s Emir welcomes gay couples to World Cup but asks them to ‘respect our culture’

May 23 – The Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani has said that gay fans will be welcome at the 2022 World Cup,  but demanded that visitors “respect our culture”.

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