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FIFA President Hails Qatar’s Progress Towards Hosting FIFA World…

FIFA President Gianni Infantino was in Budapest recently to attend the ceremony of the International Federation of Sports Journalism Awards which is being organized in association with Qatar Sports Media Committee for the second year in a row. In the event, the FIFA President hailed Qatar's progress towards hosting the FIFA World Cup 2022. He was happy with the infrastructures in place and the way the country is feeding off football. When asked about his opinion on preparations for the upcoming FIFA World
Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup official logo unveiled in Doha

FIFA and Qatar Join Hands in First-Ever World Cup…

The FIFA World Cup 2022 to be held in Qatar will be the biggest sporting event to be held in the country in recent years. The country, therefore, is already underway with its preparations to make the global event a memorable one. However, like every other host nation, Qatar also has a few problems to tackle in order of the smooth conduct of the event and also make it a historic success. The path to achieve that ambitious goal started five years ago,

FIFA Club World Cup 2019, Qatar: History, Teams And…

The FIFA Club World Cup is back again with its next edition and Qatar will be hosting this prestigious tournament in 2019. A tournament that sees all the best clubs around the world fight it out for the much-coveted title along with a team from its host nation, the FIFA Club World Cup is one of the most recognized football tournaments in the world. Real Madrid holds the record for most victories, winning the competition four times. Teams from Spain have won the

Arabian Gulf Cup 2019: Group B Preview

Having given our attention to Group A as we analysed through the teams, its time now to shift our focus on Group B. The teams participating in group B are Oman, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain.  Here's how all the teams shape up for the competition.  Oman The defending champions of the Gulf Cup have won it twice and the latest being their 2017 title. Erwin Koeman, the current coach replaced Pim Verbeek as manager of Oman in February 2019. Under him, the team has

Arabian Gulf Cup 2019: Group A Preview

The 24th Arabian Gulf Cup got underway in Qatar earlier this week from November 26th. It is a biennial football competition organized for the eight members of the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation. The first day kicked off with two games being played in the Qatari capital, Doha. Hosts Qatar lost the campaign opener against Iraq 1-2 while UAE won 3-0 against Yemen. Here's a look at the teams who are in Group A Qatar Hosts Qatar are in group A alongside Iraq,