FIFA president Sepp Blatter has insisted the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will finish no later than December 18 – a move which could protect English football’s traditional Boxing Day games.
UEFA has proposed playing the final at the tournament on December 23, just two days before Christmas, to lessen disruption to its own international matches.
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