Costa Rica will want to channel their 2014 spirit to send Spain or Germany home early

France are missing key midfielders, which makes Denmark strong candidates for the top spot in this group

England need to find their form and have the perfect group to do it in

Migrant workers brought in under the sponsor system to build and guard the new football stadiums, hotels and malls are overworked, in debt and trapped in the country.

A lucrative TV deal allegedly led to Qatar being awarded the 2022 tournament

The issue of alcohol is likely to be a sensitive subject in the run-up to the World Cup in four years’ time

Accommodating another 16 teams would vastly complicate Qatar’s task in preparing for the World Cup

This is the chance to take the tournament to the millions of football fans in the Middle East, writes the president of the Qatar Football Association.

Sepp Blatter has shrugged off the corruption allegations engulfing football’s governing body, denying the sport was in crisis.

Jerome Valcke has denied suggesting Qatar’s 2022 bid team were guilty of corruption in an email sent to scandal-tainted Jack Warner.

Fifa announced on Wednesday they have opened a corruption probe into four officials including Qatar’s Mohamed Bin Hammam and Trinidadian Jack Warner.

Fifa presidential candidate Mohamed bin Hammam has vowed to bring more transparency to football’s world governing body amid fresh corruption claims.

The Qatar Football Association has said Qatar won the right to host the 2022 World Cup fairly and squarely and not by corrupt methods.

The former chairperson of England’s Football Association has reignited the row over allegations of corruption in football’s governing body.

Russia and the tiny Gulf state of Qatar were awarded the 2018 and 2022 Soccer World Cups on Thursday.