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A man walks past the Qatar stock exchange board as he prepares to pray, in Doha February 4, 2014. (REUTERS/Mohammed Dabbous)
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In this May 10, 2011 file picture Mohamed Bin Hammam, chief of the Asian Football Confederation, talks to local media in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago.(AP Photo/Shirley Bahadur)
Qatar World Cup organizers: We adhered to ethics rules
London, AP—Organizers of the 2022 World Cup distanced themselves Tuesday from allegations of corruption involving two former high-ranking FIFA officials that raised new questions about Qatar’s winning bid for the tournament. British newspaper The Daily Telegraph...Caption:
FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke during a press conference after a meeting of the FIFA Executive Committee, at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland on September 28, 2012 (EPA/ALESSANDRO DELLA BELLA)
Valcke comments on 2022 World Cup timing stir controversy
London, Reuters—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. It led to a shocked response from FIFA vice president Jim Boyce...Caption:
File photo of Qatar’s Minister of State for Interior AffairsSheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani (R). (Reuters/Hamad I Mohammed)