Qatar’s Bin Hammam Wins Round Against Blatter in Escalating Power Struggle

Jan 20, 2011

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By James M. Dorsey
Barely a month after winning the bid for the 2022 World Cup, Qatar appears to have won a round in a looming battle later this year for the leadership of FIFA, soccer’s world body.
In a statement on Thursday, FIFA quashed talk of holding the Qatar World Cup in the winter rather than the summer because of the Gulf state’s scorching summer…

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