adminLONDON. – International Olympic Committee (IOC) boss Thomas Bach has insisted there must be no clash between the Winter Games and the Qatar 2022 World Cup. January and February is being considered as time for football’s showpiece tournament because of Qatar’s extreme summer heat. IOC president Bach says he received a pledge from Fifa boss Sepp Blatter that “there will not be a clash”.
“I have no reason not to believe (him),” the German told the BBC. He made it very clear that a clash of these two great events is in nobody’s interest. And therefore his clear commitment was, and is, that there will not be such a clash.”
Talks at Fifa headquarters in Zurich last month resulted in support for a tournament held in either January and February or November and December. However, Bach says there would be “no winners” if the 2022 Winter Olympics and World Cup coincided.“A clash would be bad for the international audience who would have two major sports programmes broadcast worldwide, so the public’s attention would be divided,” he said. – BBC Sport.
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Charles Duri