Major events
January 7th, 2011
By Nick Harris
7 January 2011
As Fifa's president Sepp Blatter said today that he expects the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to be staged in winter for the safety of the players, Qatar's 2022 bid website was unavailable, therefore couldn't remind the world of the promises Qatar made of cooling technologies to allow a summer tournament in heat of 50 degrees.
The site, normally available at this link, was 'down', although it isn't clear at the time of writing whether this is temporary or permanent. A message says: "The fact that you are seeing this page indicates that the website you just...
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December 19th, 2010
By Nick Harris
19 December 2010
Intelligence officers from MI5 and possibly M16 too are working on secondment on the London 2012 Olympic Games project, contributing to security and anti-terrorist initiatives. Sources say some are 'embedded' within the Olympic Park in London, working undercover, and more detail can be found in today's 'Inside Sport' column in the Mail on Sunday. Every brickie and bag searcher may not be who they seem.
Recommend supplementary reading can be found here at the Home Office website, here for an official safety and security assessment PDF download, and here for a speech from the effective boss of...
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December 7th, 2010
By Nick Harris
7 December 2010
As the Fifa vice-president Jack Warner claims that the world governing body could not have voted for England’s 2018 World Cup bid because of the English media, sportingintelligence publishes an extract from a secret Fifa document (scan at bottom of page) that shows some of his own colleagues believed he should have been booted out of Fifa years ago for a conflict of interest over his serial ticket touting.
Warner, 67, a former teacher, rose to football prominence and a lavish Fifa-funded lifestyle via his local, national and then regional football associations to become the vice-president of...
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