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Fifa Executive Committee member Theo Zwanziger has renewed his attack on Qatar’s staging of the 2022 World Cup by stating he believes it will be impossible for the country to host the national team football tournament due to its climate.

Jerome Champagne has confirmed his bid to challenge Sepp Blatter for the presidency of Fifa, football’s global governing body.

Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has promised to “safeguard” the interests of Scottish athletes ahead of the 2016 summer Olympic Games should the country vote in favour of independence.

Jeffrey Webb, president of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf), has called for an overhaul of football’s global governing body Fifa.

Fifa has put forward January/February 2022 and November/December 2022 as alternative dates for Qatar’s staging of its World Cup, with the former option raising the prospect that the national football team tournament could yet clash with the winter Olympic Games.

Sepp Blatter, the president of football’s global governing body Fifa, has announced his intention to stand for re-election.

Michael Garcia, the ethics investigator hired by football’s global governing body Fifa, has delivered his report following a year-long probe into the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has reiterated that Russia’s hosting of the 2018 World Cup is not up for discussion, amid reports that European Union (EU) diplomats are actively considering recommending a boycott of the football showpiece.

Football’s global governing body Fifa will stage talks with the sport’s international stakeholders on Monday in a further step towards securing dates for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

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Michel Platini has announced he will not compete against Sepp Blatter for the presidency of football’s global governing body Fifa and will instead seek re-election as Uefa president.

Uefa president Michel Platini will tomorrow (Thursday) detail his ambitions for the top job in world football, potentially setting him up against former mentor Sepp Blatter for the Fifa presidency.

The Association of Football Agents (AFA), which represents more than 300 agents in the UK, has appealed to the European Commission to block plans by football’s world governing body Fifa to reform the sector.

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko insists the country will press ahead with its hosting plans for the 2018 Fifa World Cup despite recommendations from world football’s governing body that it should scale back the number of host cities and venues.

Fifa has confirmed it will host the inaugural World Summit on Ethics in Sports on September 19, with the event due to be staged shortly after former US attorney Michael Garcia delivers his report into allegations of corruption surrounding the controversial bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

A group of international female footballers is threatening legal action against the decision to stage 2015 Fifa Women’s World Cup matches on artificial turf surfaces across Canada.