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Qatar may house World Cup fans in Bedouin-style tents ARABIA

Qatar may house World Cup fans in Bedouin-style tents

Qatar may house thousands of football fans in Bedouin-style tents in desert areas close to stadiums during the 2022 World Cup.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Disgraced ex-FIFA boss Blatter turns 80 CULTURE

Disgraced ex-FIFA boss Blatter turns 80

Sepp Blatter turned 80 on Thursday, with a party planned at a luxury hotel in Zurich, as Switzerland's criminal investigation into his FIFA presidency looked set to intensify.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
French soccer body's offices searched, documents seized CULTURE

French soccer body's offices searched, documents seized

Authorities searched the offices of France's soccer federation and seized documents in support of a Swiss investigation into former FIFA President Sepp Blatter, Switzerland's Office of the Attorney General (OAG) said on Wednesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
2006 World Cup scandal inquiry to cost 3.5m euros CULTURE

2006 World Cup scandal inquiry to cost 3.5m euros

The German FA's (DFB) inquiry into the 2006 World Cup scandal is set to cost around 3.5 million euros ($3.83m), interim president Rainer Koch has revealed.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Video trials, revised soccer laws approved by FIFA CULTURE

Video trials, revised soccer laws approved by FIFA

Soccer's law-makers gave the green light on Saturday to the use of video technology to aid referees in live matches starting no later than the 2017-18 season.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
No proof of 2006 World Cup vote buying, report finds CULTURE

No proof of 2006 World Cup vote buying, report finds

There is no evidence of vote-rigging in the awarding of the 2006 soccer World Cup to Germany, according to a report into the scandal.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Platini appeals ban at world sports tribunal CULTURE

Platini appeals ban at world sports tribunal

UEFA president Michel Platini on Wednesday made a formal appeal against his six-year ban from football at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the tribunal said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Infantino wants FIFA reforms to turn pain to joy CULTURE

Infantino wants FIFA reforms to turn pain to joy

Gianni Infantino insisted that FIFA's reform package would close the door on a chapter of pain at world football's governing body and usher in an era of joy.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Major challenges face Infantino CULTURE

Major challenges face Infantino

FIFA’s new president Gianni Infantino yesterday faced the mountainous task of reforming and uniting world football, with a pile of crises from the scandal-ridden Sepp Blatter era needing urgent action.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Infantino vows to restore FIFA’s image after corruption scandals CULTURE

Infantino vows to restore FIFA’s image after corruption scandals

Gianni Infantino vowed yesterday to lead FIFA, the sport’s world governing body, out of years of corruption and scandal after being elected president to succeed his Swiss compatriot Sepp Blatter.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
FIFA congress starts to choose new president CULTURE

FIFA congress starts to choose new president

A FIFA congress to choose a new president for world football's crisis-hit governing body opened in Zurich on Friday, where major reforms were also to be adopted.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Blatter disappointed soccer ban upheld by FIFA appeal body CULTURE

Blatter disappointed soccer ban upheld by FIFA appeal body

Longtime FIFA President Sepp Blatter is disappointed the global soccer body's appeal committee upheld his ban from the sport, he told a Swiss newspaper.

4:45 AM November 25 2016