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Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, which is responsible for delivering the stadia and infrastructure for football’s 2022 Fifa World Cup, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) to carry out labour and accommodation inspections at venues.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) on Monday announced the suspension of Qatar’s Doping Analysis Laboratory as Doha today (Tuesday) opened the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) General Assembly.

The Fuse Sport + Entertainment agency, a subsidiary of Omnicom Media Group UK, has promoted Lou Johnson to the position of managing director in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

The head of the organising committee for football’s 2022 Fifa World Cup in Qatar has insisted that no alcohol will be allowed in stadiums, streets or public places during the country’s staging of the national team tournament.

Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, which is responsible for delivering the stadia and infrastructure for football’s 2022 Fifa World Cup, has set its sights on eight venues being used during the national team tournament.

Dubai plays host to more than 400 events each year and has a track record of delivering some of the world’s most prestigious sports events. But the innovative emirate is constantly looking to the future and evolving its offering as a host to meet the changing demands of the world sports community.

The Ethics Board of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has decided against opening a formal investigation into claims Qatari officials had been paying bribes in a bid to secure hosting rights for the 2017 World Championships, supporting the stance of president Sebastian Coe on the matter.

Fifa is facing legal action in the Swiss courts over alleged complicity in the mistreatment of migrant labourers working on Qatar’s infrastructure projects for the 2022 World Cup, while football’s world governing body has agreed a partnership with global measurement and analytics company Nielsen for Russia’s staging of the 2018 tournament.

Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, which is responsible for delivering the stadia and infrastructure for football’s Fifa World Cup in 2022, has unveiled plans for a new range of fan villages that will serve supporters during the tournament.

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has amended the format of the men’s time trial discipline for its Road World Championships after teams’ body the Association International des Groupes Cyclistes Professionals (AIGCP) threatened to boycott the 2016 edition of the event in Qatar.

The Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM), the global governing body of powerboating, has confirmed that its 2016 Class 1 World Championship will take place in Abu Dhabi.

Qatar has been confirmed as the host of this year’s Supercoppa Italiana, the annual football match played between the winners of the previous season’s Serie A league competition and the Coppa Italia knockout cup.

Jordan has been unveiled as the host of the Women’s Asia Cup international football tournament in 2018.

Teams’ body the Association International des Groupes Cyclistes Professionels (AIGCP) has fired its latest shot across the bows of the International Cycling Union (UCI) by stating it will boycott the 2016 Road World Championships in Qatar, alleging an “abuse of power” by the sport’s world governing body.

Kuwait has lost its Swiss court case against the International Olympic Committee over its ban from the Olympic Movement, while World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) president Craig Reedie has sought to downplay talk of a growing rift between his organisation and the IOC.

Kuwait’s supreme court has upheld a lower court ruling overturning a prison sentence handed to Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, one of the most influential figures in the Olympic movement and world sport.