Marcello Lippi's hopes of leading China to the next World Cup received a serious blow when they were held 0-0 by Qatar in Kunming on Tuesday.
Zabivaka the wolf followed in the footsteps of Naranjito the orange, Footix the football-playing rooster and Fuleco the armadillo by being named as the official mascot of the 2018 World Cup on Saturday.
Al Rayyan Stadium, a proposed host venue for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar, will be delivered on time, a senior official of the main contractor has told the Supreme Committee ...
The 12-nation Kabaddi World Cup kicks off this week in India, with a row over a decision to bar arch-rivals Pakistan from competing, threatening to overshadow the tag-wrestling sport's showcase event.
HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani on Thursday inspected the National Control Centre of Qatar General Electricity and Water Corp (Kahramaa) in Thumama area.
World football governing body FIFA confirmed on Tuesday that its adjudicatory chamber has begun proceedings against Qatar Football Association vice president Saoud al-Mohannadi.
The Qatari hospitality sector revenue, which is slated to grow annually at 12.9% to $1.6bn during 2015-20, may see its key operating metrics remain under pressure in the short term but likely to rebound in the long term, according to Alpen Capital.
The Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC) is set to launch the Middle East’s first “nudge unit” in an effort to better understand the behavioural pattern of World Cup stakeholders such as football fans and local communities.
Qatar has cut its planned spending on building healthcare facilities by about two-thirds this year following the drop in energy prices but expenditure on its World Cup-related projects should be unchanged, an official said.
Round 3 of the 2018 World Cup campaign will kick off in September and it will be time for reality to meet the huge expectations that Qatar will carry into that phase of the qualifying campaign.
An Indian steelworker taken ill at a Qatar World Cup site has died, organisers of the 2022 tournament announced in a statement on Saturday night.
Watching grass grow is not usually considered exciting but there's currently a buzz of anticipation among Qatar's World Cup organisers about 12 different types of turf gently sprouting on former Doha farmland.
