Qatar continues with World Cup plans

Qatar World Cup organisers insist the crisis at FIFA will not affect their preparations for the tournament in 2022.

Fresh reports have stated that the FBI are including the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups in the scope of their wider investigations into FIFA, and that Sepp Blater – who announced on Tuesday he is to step down as FIFA president days after winning re-election – is also being investigated.

The US justice department has indicted 18 people on corruption charges, but the charges are unrelated to the two tournaments.