Qatar

Qatari telecommunications group Ooredoo has announced a sponsorship deal for 2014 with the country’s multi-sport star Nasser Al Attiyah.

The 2022 Fifa World Cup in Qatar will help to eliminate global misconceptions surrounding the Middle East, according to Hassan Al-Thawadi, secretary general of the tournament’s supreme committee.

Four life-changing initiatives have been announced at the Doha Goals 2013 event in Qatar.

Qatar's Aspire Academy has joined forces with a roster of partners including IMG, the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee - organisers of the Fifa World Cup in the country – Georgetown University and SportBusiness International to launch the Joosor Institute, a centre of excellence designed to give world-class education and training facilities to sports professionals in the Middle East region.

The Infront Sports & Media agency has teamed up with Aspire Katara Investment consortium to launch a new joint venture to target the growing sports marketing sector in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region.

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has called for calm as football’s world governing body continues to look at alleged abuses of the rights of migrant workers in Qatar, which will host the 2022 World Cup.

The International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) and Qatar Stars League (QSL) have signed a sport integrity partnership designed to prevent match-fixing of football in the region.

Organisers of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar have unveiled plans for a new stadium in the Al-Wakrah region.

FIFA secretary-general Jerome Valcke says the body is close to reaching an agreement with the English Premier League (EPL) for the 2022 World Cup to be switched to November and December, adding that an April/May calendar slot in Qatar would still be too hot.

Following Football Federation Australia (FFA)’s statement of intent to launch legal action against FIFA should the 2022 World Cup in Qatar be moved to a winter event, sports lawyer Kevin Carpenter explores whether there is any legal basis to claim compensation.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has confirmed that the Qatari 2022 World Cup will not be held in January or February “out of respect” to the winter Olympics.

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has called on all winter sports governing bodies to oppose plans to stage the 2022 FIFA World Cup in the winter, fearing it will damage the 2022 winter Olympics.

European Professional Football Leagues (EPFL) newly-appointed permanent chairman Frederic Thiriez is confident that his organisation will play a major role in negotiations over the possible shift in schedule of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

The Qatar Women's Sport Committee (QWSC), part of the Qatar Olympic Committee, has appointed TSE Consulting to develop a new strategic plan.

The hottest topic on the international sporting agenda in recent weeks has been the proposal of staging the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar in winter. Sports lawyer Kevin Carpenter explores the possible legal and economic implications for a number of interested stakeholders.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has revealed that Qatar will remain host of the 2022 World Cup, however no decision will be made on its dates until the body consults the event’s main stakeholders.