A story claiming that six Arab nations had written to FIFA demanding that Qatar be stripped of the World Cup in 2022 was published on what appeared to be a fake version of a Swiss news website, the site's co-founder said on Sunday. The report, carried on a website resembling The Local, included quotes purporting to be from FIFA President Gianni Infantino. "Our investigation so far indicates the article appeared on a fake site designed to look like The Local, and never appeared on The Local's own site." Reuters published stories based on the report, which were subsequently withdrawn. (This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

Source: dna July 16, 2017 16:07 UTC