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Nasser Al-Khelaifi is Paris Saint-Germain’s chairman and CEO. Reuters
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The logo of the Qatar-hosted 2022 FIFA World Cup. (AFP)
6 Boycotting Countries Demand FIFA Strip Qatar of World Cup 2022
Stockholm – Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Mauritania, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt had collectively written to the football governing body, FIFA, asking it to remove Qatar as host of the 2022 World Cup, a Swiss website, The Local, reported on Saturday. The...Caption:
Saudi Information Minister Awwad Saleh al-Awwad (SPA)
Clarification: Concerning the Tweet about Saudi Minister’s Visit to Germany
London – Earlier, Asharq Al-Awsat posted on its Arabic Twitter account a series of tweets concerning the visit of Saudi Information Minister Awwad Saleh al-Awwad to Germany and meeting a number of German officials including the Foreign Minister and Deputy...Caption:
Then Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani and former FIFA President Sepp Blatter pose with the World Cup after the Qatar announcement in 2010. (AFP)
Garcia Report Questions Qatar’s Efforts to Sway FIFA to Allow it to Host World Cup
The International Football Federation (FIFA) published an investigation report Tuesday that demonstrated how voters exploited the murky system yet allowed Russia and Qatar to host the 2018 and 2022 tournaments. With the country’s vast wealth at its disposal,...Caption:
A woman takes a picture at the Otkrytie Arena stadium that will host 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2018 FIFA World Cup matches, in Moscow, Russia October 6, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev