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Footballers believe in 2022 World Cup switch
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The world footballers' union supposes the 2022 World Cup in Qatar should be held in January instead of June or July. The president of Fifa, Sepp Blatter, backed a possible switch to the winter 2022. He "does not foresee any insurmountable problems in this regard", bbc.co.uk quotes Blatter as saying. In the vote in Zurich on 2 December, Qatar beat Australia, Japan, South Korea and the United States to host the World Cup, which is traditionally held in summer. But the secretary of FIFPro's technical committee, Tijs Tummers, has doubted the decision to held in Qatar in the summer. "It is not sensible in a country with an average temperature of 41C in June and July, a midday temperature of 50C and, above all, extremely high humidity."
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