Qatar

French prosecutors who are investigating allegations of wrongdoing in relation to the award of the 2021 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships to Eugene in the US are also looking into the award of other hosting rights, a source close to the probe has told the Reuters news agency.

Qatar’s Finance Minister has revealed that the country is spending close to $500m (€469m) a week on infrastructure projects to prepare for its staging of football’s Fifa World Cup in 2022.

The club crest of Real Madrid will be altered under a new retail partnership the Spanish LaLiga football club has signed for the Middle East market.

Qatar Cycling and Triathlon Federation president Mohamed Al Kuwari has said the country’s desert stage cycling race will return in 2018 after this year’s edition was cancelled.

Fifa has today (Friday) welcomed the decision of the Commercial Court of Zurich to reject a lawsuit brought by labour unions which alleged that world football’s governing body had failed to use its influence to ensure fair treatment for migrant labourers working on Qatar’s infrastructure projects for the 2022 World Cup.

International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) deputy president Khalil Al-Mohannadi has announced that he will stand for the presidency of the sport’s world governing body during this year’s elections.

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has confirmed that this year’s Tour of Qatar and Ladies Tour of Qatar events have been abandoned, with the body citing a lack of backing from sponsors as a reason for the cancellations.

The Qatari government has rejected a report by Amnesty International that has claimed that long-awaited reforms to the country’s labour laws will not have a significant impact on workers on the ground.

Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC), which is responsible for delivering the stadia and infrastructure for football’s 2022 Fifa World Cup, has awarded the main contractor contract for the tournament’s proposed centrepiece to a joint venture made up of Qatari and Chinese firms.

Fifa, the global governing body of football, has banned Qatari official Saoud Al-Mohannadi from all football-related activity for one year after he failed to cooperate as a witness in an ethics investigation.

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 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.

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.