Sports News of Tuesday, 8 November 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comFormer president of the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA), Sepp Blatter, has said that the football outfit made a mistake by awarding the World Cup hosting rights to Qatar in 2010. Qatar in 2010 were awarded the right to host the 2022 Mundial by FIFA after beating off competition from Japan, the United States of America, South Korea, and Australia. "The selection of Qatar to host the World Cup was a mistake and I assume the responsibility as the FIFA president at the time," Sepp Blatter said via Tages-Anzeiger. Football and the World Cup are too big for it," he added. He added FIFA in 2012 amended the criteria it used to select host countries in light of concerns over the working conditions at tournament-related construction sites in Qatar.

Source: GhanaWeb November 09, 2022 00:59 UTC