Most football associations support 48-team World Cup in Qatar – FIFA chief
18 January 2019 |
11:56 am
FIFA chief Gianni Infantino tells news conference in Morocco that most football associations would back increasing the size of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to 48 teams.
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