In an incredible interview with Russian news agency TASS, suspended outgoing FIFA president and foot in mouth specialist Sepp Blatter made a revelatory admission: that the host nations for both the 2018 and 2022 World Cups had been agreed upon before the votes were conducted.
Tag: 2022 World Cup
Satirical news report shows FIFA 2022 video game with labor abuses
Norwegian satirical news show 5080 put together a report on “the most realistic football game ever” FIFA 2022: Qatar World Cup edition. “FIFA 2022 will feature corrupt officials and construction workers enduring life-threatening conditions while living like serfs under the Qatari emir,” they say.
The report also features game footage, including new elements like rehydrating before succumbing to heat stroke…
Qatar’s definitive guide for journalists covering the 2022 World Cup preparations
A German TV crew was recently arrested in Qatar after filming a documentary entitled “Sold Football: Sepp Blatter and the Power of FIFA” in the 2022 World Cup host nation.
From the BBC:
The filmmakers claim they were only allowed to leave the country five days later without their filming equipment, laptops and mobile phones, which were sent on four weeks later with all data deleted.
Reporter Florian Bauer said: “Now it’s public. We got arrested in Qatar, interrogated by the police and the intelligence service. Not allowed to leave the country for days.”
This was all just a silly misunderstanding, though. One that other journalists covering Qatar’s World Cup preparations will hopefully learn from.
FIFA task force takes six months to decide Qatar is too hot for summer World Cup
After six months of intense consultation, the razor sharp minds of FIFA’s task force for the 2018-2024 international match calendar have finally realized what everyone else already knew: that Qatar is quite hot from May through September. As a result, they have recommended that late November to late December as the most viable period for the 2022 World Cup with the support of all six confederations.