Qatar 2022: FIFA president Sepp Blatter pleads for the tournament to be held in winter

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"If this World Cup is to become a party for the people, you can't play football in the summer," said Sepp Blatter, president of FIFA (International Federation of Association Football), at a two-day conference on sports, media and economy, organised by Franz Beckenbauer in Going, Austria, on the 17/07/2013.

Blatter was appealing to move the 2022...


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