We now know that the 2022 World Cup will be held in Qatar. Here is a quick look at some of the venues that the games will be played at. Many of these soccer stadiums have not yet been built but from for look, it seems that the new stadiums could have played a role in Qatar winning the 2022 World Cup bid.

DC United sign Qatari League player

Danny Allsopp, a striker with time in the A-League, Championship, EPL and Qatari Stars League has joined DC United.

He's 31, and played for al-Rayyan who are 5th on a table of 12. The Qatari Stars League has been dominated by al-Sadd (Khalfan's team) and al-Gharafah (Juninho and Nashat Akram formerly).

We'll soon officially announce that we've acquired Australian forward Danny Allsopp. The 31-year old has an impressive resume, having played at the highest level for Manchester City in England. He most recently played with Qatar's Al-Rayyan and previously spent 4+ seasons with Australia's Melbourne Victory, where he won a scoring title (2006-07) and helped the team to two Grand Final championships.

It's off to see the future, and then the wizard.

Qatar has no time for World Cup 2010 they're looking to the future and beyond with their futuristic World Cup 2022 bid. It's an awfully tantalizing bid for a number of reasons billions of them, in fact; reasons which make it seem an awfully likely candidate, particularly if FIFA conduct business as usual.

By Chris Wright

Massive election. Here's the round up...

Rumour No. 1: Champions League finalists Bayern Munich are said to be preparing a £7 million bid for Manchester United's Park Ji-Sung.

The German side have apparently recognised that United are 'approaching a transitional period' and hope to tempt them into parting with Park to help fund their overhaul.

Con la victoria de Japón sobre Australia 1-0 (gol de Tandari Lee) en tiempo extra finalozó en Qatar la XV edición de la Copa Asiática o Asian Cup, según su denominación en inglés (o كأس آسيا, en árabe). El pequeño país del Golfo Pérsico, que viene de ser elegido como sede de la Copa del Mundo 2022, exhibió todo su potencial organizativo: Doha, la capital, puso 4 estadios, a los que se sumó uno en la localidad de Al Rayyan.

D.C. United has announced the signing of Australian forward Danny Allsopp this afternoon; he will be available pending receipt of his International Transfer Certificate.
"Danny has shown an ability to score goals wherever he's been and we are confident he will continue to do so for D.C. United," said general manager Dave Kasper.

Well that was quick. I guess we know what Payne was doing in the Middle East last month, because hot on the heels of the draft last Thursday, United announced the acquisition of Australian forward Danny Allsopp (lately of Al-Rayyan in Qatar)....

Além de Dunga e Carlos Alberto Parreira, a classe de técnicos brasileiros pode ganhar mais um representante na Copa do Mundo: Marcos Paquetá. Comandante da Arábia Saudita em 2006, o treinador revelou estar em conversação com representantes da Nigéria. O país está sem treinador desde o fim da Copa Africana de Nações, em janeiro (Shaibu Amodu foi demitido).

South Africa striker Katlego Mphela hopes to boost his chances of winning a place in the starting line up for South Africa's opening World Cup match against Mexico by getting his name on the scoresheet against Thailand on Sunday. The 25 year old, who is reportedly a transfer target for Birmingham City has suggested that his task will be easy enough.

O brasileiro Marcos Paquetá será o novo treinador da seleção da Líbia. O acordo com a federação líbia foi assinado nesta sexta-feira e prevê a participação dele na reestruturação do futebol no país.
"O trabalho será longo e o nosso objetivo é modificar completamente o panorama do futebol no país.

Al Sadd start with a bang!
Al Sadd are desperate for silverware after two years without a single title at the domestic and international levels. The team signed three players who competed in the recently-concluded World Cup in South Africa — Ivorian Abdul Kader Keita, Algerian Nadir Belhadj and South Korean Lee Jung-Soo.

Al Arabi topple Al Sadd
Al Arabi's young guns tamed mighty Al Sadd 2-1 in the fourth week of the Qatar Stars League. Al Arabi goalkeeper Rajab Hamza was outstanding and was rightly selected as the man of the match. His great performance helped Al Arabi remain unbeaten in the League.

Lakhwiya are giant-killers again
Lakhwiya once again proved to be giant-killers. They defeated Qatar Sports Club, who had been undefeated until then, 1-0. Al Arabi, the only as-yet unbeaten team, zoomed to the top of the tables.
Qatar Sports Club, known for their power game, could not execute it well against Lakhwiya.

Al Gharafa claws back to thrilling draw
Qatar Stars League holders Al Gharafa are fighters to the core. Against Al Rayyan, they went behind thrice, but came back each time to eke out a hard-fought draw. In the process, Al Rayyan lost a chance to earn a morale-boosting win over the defending champions, who have not been in good form so far in the tournament.

Earlier today FIFA voted and decided which nations would host the 2018 and 2022 World Cup. While maybe some thought that the tournaments would go to England (2018) and the United States of America (2022), it wasn't so, and instead it was Russia (2018) and Qatar (2022) which won the rights to host the tournament.