Companies building projects for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will be forced to guarantee welfare standards for workers, in response to criticism.
Fifa boss Sepp Blatter has gone on the defensive over claims of widespread abuse of migrant workers preparing for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
The US’s decision to not strike Syria leaves Saudi Arabia and Qatar with a few options beyond continuing to fund one side in a military stalemate.
The country has a new emir, a small population and a lot
of money to burn.
Qatar emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani has abdicated in favour of his 33-year-old son Sheikh Tamim, a first for the Arab world.
The Gulf state is daring to flex its diplomatic, cultural and military muscles. And the effects are being felt from the Shard to Syria.
Two South Africans, including a toddler, were among the 19 foreign nationals who had died in a fire that ripped through shopping mall in Qatar.
Leaders and officials attending the third World Investment Forum on Saturday called for channeling more investments to poor nations.
Is the clean development mechanism working? Crispian Olver gives a view of a debate that is relevant in developed and developing countries
Qatar has not said if it will sell alcohol at stadiums during the 2022 World Cup, but an official says he didn’t see a reason to sell it at matches.
Inmates in Afghanistan’s US-run Bagram Prison have faced abuses including torture, beatings and other mistreatment, according to a government report.
Rafael Nadal had to fight hard not to lose his opening match of 2012, fighting back against Philipp Kohlschreiber in the Qatar Open.
According to the presidency of COP17, an ad hoc group will now work towards charting a new universal legal agreement on climate change.
Suspended Asian Football Confederation head Mohamed bin Hammam fights bribery allegations while soccer in Asia battles match-fixing and violence.
Sepp Blatter has been re-elected Fifa president and vowed to clean up the body’s tarnished image following a series of corruption allegations.
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.
Jerome Valcke had confirmed that he sent a private email suggesting Qatar had "bought" the right to host the 2022 World Cup, which Qatar has denied.
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.
Western warplanes bombed Muammar Gaddafi’s armour in eastern Libya on Friday to try to break a battlefield stalemate and help rebels take Ajdabiyah.
Asian football chief Mohamed bin Hammam said on Friday he will run for the Fifa presidency, the first challenge to Sepp Blatter in nearly a decade.
The economy of Qatar — the world’s wealthiest country per capita — will grow a breathless 20% in 2011, the IMF said on Wednesday.
A member of Fifa’s executive committee has criticised talk of moving the 2022 World Cup to winter, saying it will disrupt the "entire football world".
Nasser al-Attiyah of Qatar made up for heartbreak a year ago by finally winning his first Dakar Rally title on Saturday.
The prospect of the 2022 Qatar World Cup being held in the winter moved a step closer when Sepp Blatter said that this is what he expects will happen.
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/ 9 December 2010
Governments worldwide should treat education with the same urgency they bring to bear in combating HIV/Aids and global warming.
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/ 5 December 2010
Qatar’s stock market index surged on Sunday, the first trading day after the Gulf state won the bid to host the 2022 football World Cup.
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/ 4 December 2010
The 2022 soccer World Cup in Qatar could take place in January or February to avoid the scorching temperatures of the summer months.
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/ 2 December 2010
Russia and the tiny Gulf state of Qatar were awarded the 2018 and 2022 Soccer World Cups on Thursday.
A senior member of FIFA’s executive committee has criticized the decision to vote on the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosts at the same time in December.
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/ 29 October 2009
Venus and Serena Williams refused to become entangled in the fall-out from Andre Agassi’s shock drugs confession on Wednesday.