Qatar is optimistic on its chances of hosting the 2022 World Cup, the bid’s chief executive said Wednesday in the countdown to a decision by football’s governing body FIFA on December 2.

SINGAPORE – QATAR may be considered an outsider in the bidding to host the 2022 World Cup but the head of its bid committee feels the desert nation has a good chance to be chosen by Fifa in December. ‘Our chances are good,’ Hassan Al-Thawadi told reporters at an Asian football forum in Singapore. ‘It will be a close call, but I do believe coming to Qatar and the Middle East in 2022 will be a new …

Rival politicians took time out from a tight federal election campaign to host FIFA delegates at the prime minister’s residence overlooking the iconic Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge in a show of bipartisan support for Australia’s 2022 World Cup bid. The six-member FIFA delegation spent three days in Australia examining its credentials to host the 2022 World Cup, concluding the trip…

Australia’s bid to host the 2022 World Cup is ready, FIFA’s team of bid inspectors have announced upon their departure from the country. “After almost three days of inspection I, on behalf of the FIFA Inspection Group, would like to express some words.