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Bundesliga Says Date Change To 2022 Qatar World Cup Could Lead To Legal Challenges05 / 23 / 13Germany's Bundesliga "has warned that any attempt to move the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to the winter could lead to legal challenges by European leagues," according to the BBC. UEFA President Michel Platini said that the World Cup could be moved, "but European leagues might be disrupted for up t... |
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Officials Warm Up To Winter World Cup
The "prospect of the 2022 World Cup being switched to the winter has increased" after Premier League Chair Dave Richards and Britain's FIFA VP Jim Boyce both offered support for the move, according to Martyn Ziegler of the PA. The Premier League has always strongly opposed a change, but Richards adm ...
Tags: International Football, Middle East, Europe
Times 'Duped' Into Qatar Football Story
The London Times has admitted that "it was duped into publishing a hoax exclusive about plans for a Qatar-based Dream Football League" in an episode it described as a "journalistic nightmare," according to Josh Halliday of the London GUARDIAN. In a column in Monday's paper, the Times Football Editor ...
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Blatter May Back Al Serkal For AFC Head
UAE FA President Yousuf Al Serkal's campaign to become president of the Asian Football Confederation "is set to receive a major boost" after it emerged that FIFA President Sepp Blatter, "should be willing to endorse his candidacy," according to John McAuley of THE NATIONAL. Al Serkal, "is ...
Qatar FA, Pakistan Agree To Deal
The Qatar FA has "agreed upon establishing a long-term partnership for the promotion and development of football in Pakistan by providing technical and professional support" to the Pakistan Football Federation, according to PAKISTAN TODAY. The deal was made at a meeting between Qatar FA President Ha ...
FIFA Chief Raises Qatar Heat Concerns
FIFA medical chief Michel D'Hooghe said that he "is concerned about the prospects of playing the 2022 World Cup in the summer heat of Qatar," according to Andy Sambidge of ARABIAN BUSINESS. D'Hooghe "entered the debate about whether the Gulf state should stick to the traditional slot of June for a W ...
UAE League Eyes Broadcasting Revenue
The UAE’s Professional League Committee "threw open the tender" for it’s domestic football competitions in the forthcoming three seasons from '13-14 in "a bid to maximize it’s revenue potential from broadcasting rights," according to Yasir Abbasher of GULF NEWS. The announcement of ...
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Qatar FA Denies 'Dream League' Report
The Qatar FA has "denied a report" that the Gulf state is planning to launch a summer football league paying Europe’s leading clubs £175M ($264M) each to compete, according to Paul Kelso of the London TELEGRAPH. A Qatar FA statement read, "With regard to the story published in today&rsqu ...
Abu Dhabi Sports To Air '13 F1 Season
Abu Dhabi Media "has secured the exclusive MENA region broadcasting rights" for the '13 F1 World Championship for the fourth year in a row, according to GULF NEWS. Abu Dhabi Sports will broadcast all 19 of the upcoming F1 races from around the world, starting with the '13 season opener in Melbourne, ...
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UEFA To Investigate 'Dream' League
UEFA "mounted an urgent investigation" Wednesday into a report that major European clubs are "being offered huge inducements to play in a 24-team tournament to be held every two years" in Qatar, according to Andy Hodgson of the London EVENING STANDARD. However, there was "immediate scepticism about ...
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Qataris To Propose New Tournament
The world’s leading football clubs "are to be offered enormous financial inducements to participate in a 24-team tournament every two years in Qatar and neighbouring Gulf states," according to Oliver Kay of the LONDON TIMES. The "Dream Football League" will be backed by the Qatari royal family ...
