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