It may may go unnoticed as a footballing landmark, but this week marks the halfway point between the controversial awarding of the World Cup to Qatar in December 2010, and the tournament kicking off in the tiny but wealthy Arab state in November 2022.

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FIFA’s two ethics chiefs will hold talks in the next few days after the investigation into World Cup bidding descended into a shambles.

Qatar are expected to escape any censure that would threaten the Middle Eastern state hosting the 2022 tournament.

FIFA has announced that two options have emerged as the most likely dates for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar – and both are in the winter.

Bayern Munich chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has urged FIFA to hold the Qatar World Cup in April 2022.

Football Association chairman Greg Dyke still expects the Qatar World Cup to be switched to autumn or winter.

A human rights group has said two British staff have been “kidnapped” in Qatar while researching the treatment of migrant workers in the Gulf nation.

Qatar World Cup bosses insist there is no prospect of a re-vote despite mounting pressure on FIFA to strip the nation of hosting rights for the 2022 tournament.

The 2022 World Cup in Qatar looks set to be played in November after Fifa’s secretary general stated that the tournament “will not be in June or July”.

The 2022 World Cup in Qatar will not be held in June and July, FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke has confirmed in an interview with radio station France Info.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has described working conditions in Qatar as “unacceptable” as pressure builds on football’s governing body to take action over concerns relating to the construction of the stadia to host the 2022 World Cup finals.

A year ago, the atmosphere in the room was toxic and mutiny seemed on the cards.

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions is calling on the FAI to raise concerns about the use of "slave labour" by Qatar as it prepares to host the 2022 World Cup.

Football Association chairman Greg Dyke has warned a summer World Cup in Qatar would be more than inconvenient – it would be dangerous too.

He might be a knight of the realm and chairman of the Premier League to boot but it seems Dave Richards is now destined to be forever remembered as the man who put the ‘Doh’ in ‘Doha’.

UEFA president Michel Platini said today that he is willing to move European club competitions in order to allow the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to be played in the winter.

One of the FIFA members appointed to head the world body’s clean-up drive has admitted questions still remain over the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has indicated the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will take place in the summer, despite previously suggesting it could be held in winter.

A war of words has broken out at the highest level of FIFA over criticism of Qatar’s 2022 World Cup bid due to extreme temperatures in the country in June and July.