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Khalifa International Stadium, the first completed 2022 FIFA World Cup venue.

Boycott nations demand FIFA strips Qatar of World Cup: report

The six Arab countries who last month cut ties with Qatar are reported to have written to world soccer's governing body FIFA to demand it be stripped of hosting the 2022 World Cup because they consider the Gulf state to be a "base of terrorism".

FIFA warns Lowy it will intervene on governance

Firing lilne: FFA chairman Steven Lowy.

FIFA has sent its harshest warning yet that it will disband the board of Football Federation Australia and remove chairman Steven Lowy by November 30 should he fail to implement a more inclusive and democratic system of governance for the game in Australia.