Lawyers

• English FA maintains pressure on FIFA over Qatar World Cup bidding bribery allegations

  English Football Association Chairman Greg Dyke has been one of the many skeptics of the Gulf nation's capacity to host the tournament, considering that the schedule would fall at a time when heat temperatures in Qatar are at its peak, apart from the bribery allegations. It can be recalled that the Brazilian heat had been a primary complaint among teams and coaches during some of the tournament matches in the Latin American nation.

• FIFA says it will no longer make Garcia Qatar World Cup bid report public

  It appears that FIFA has decided to keep the report for internal use only. However, the report said that only the final decision of the world soccer body's adjudicatory chamber could be made public. It is to note that FIFA lead investigator Michael Garcia has spent over 18 months investigating allegations that there have been vote trading and breaches in FIFA ethics during the bidding process of awarding the tournament hosting rights. Russia has secured the rights to host the next World Cup, which will be in 2018, while Qatar is set to play host in 2022.

• Beckenbauer to address Qatar World Cup cooperation refusal by June 27

  The statement released by Franz Beckenbauer's agent revealed that the German football legend will be answering all allegations against him regarding Qatar winning the 2022 World Cup hosting rights by June 27.

• Sponsors show concern over FIFA handling of tournament controversies

  Legalbrief reported that at least five of FIFA's major sponsors appeared to be wary over the claims of bribery relating to the Qatar bid.

• FIFA imposes 90-day ban on football legend Beckenbauer for failure to cooperate in 2022 Qatar World Cup bid probe

  FIFA issued in a statement that it has banned executive committee member and German legend Franz Beckenbauer from football activities for 90 days for not cooperating in the probe on Qatar's winning bid for the 2022 World Cup.

• FIFA rejects report of telling US next in line to host 2022 World Cup after stripping Qatar rights

  According to Sam Borden of the New York Times, US Soccer Federation President Sunil Gulati has denied the report that they were advised by FIFA being the next in line to win the hosting rights to the 2022 World Cup.

• Commentator tweets US might won the 2022 World Cup bid

  If a now deleted tweet from ESPN commentator is to believe, the winning bid to host the 2022 World Cup would have been from the US, Buzzfeed reported.

• Australia mulling over legal actions over failed World Cup bid over Qatar

  Australian Federal Minister for Sport Peter Dutton reportedly said that his country is mulling what legal actions to take following its loss to Qatar for the hosting rights of the 2022 World Cup, Courier Mail said.

• FIFA mandate allows president Sepp Blatter to continue organization leadership for life

  The 64th FIFA Congress held in Sao Brazil was the football organization president Sepp Blatter's platform to secure his continued run as the leader of the sports group as majority of the FIFA delegates voted to eliminate the age and term limits for current officials, Daily Mail reported.