Controversy erupts among World Cup bidders

Nations bidding to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups will not be permitted to make presentations to African football leaders later this month after Qatar signed an exclusive sponsorship deal.

The decision by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to sign a deal with Qatar 2022 to sponsor their Congress in Angola on January 29 has provoked an angry response among some bidding nations who are understood to have raised the matter with FIFA.