After a month's hiatus (due primarily to an extended internet-free trip to India see below), we're back with a TV guide to the weekend. As usual, we provide US TV listings with ET kickoffs, since that's where we reside. For our non-US readers, we've included a link to livesoccertv.com for each match.

Mirror: Why the heat is on FIFA to make the 2022 World Cup in Qatar a success

It's Friday evening in the western suburbs of Doha in Qatar and the car park outside the giant Villaggio shopping mall is jammed with 4 x 4s trying to find a space. A kid is showing off by letting a python writhe around on his shoulders outside the mall entrance which is a giant mock-up of the San Siro in Milan, all red-painted steel and criss-cross girders.

Female fans in Doha were seen watching Bayern Munich during their training camp last week. We're sure the loudest screams were reserved for a certain Mario Gomez! / via Bongarts

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As we told you earlier this week, the München Men have been biding their time at a training camp in Doha. Bastian Schweinsteiger recovered well enough from his shoulder operation (which quite honestly, left a sexy scar!) to play in their win over Al-Sailiya last night.

The news out of France on Tuesday morning is that David Beckham will not be signing a lucrative deal with Paris Saint-Germain. PSG are currently in Doha for a training camp, and have yet to confirm reports. The club announced on December 30th that former Chelsea manager Carlos Ancelotti would be replacing Antoine Kombouare as coach.

Bayern Munich have arrived in Doha, Qatar for a training camp, and all Arjen Robben and Thomas Mueller really wanted to do was to play on their iPads. Or rather, just Robben's. It's painfully obvious that they are on Instagram, editing some glamour shots of themselves.

Egypt ushered in the Bob Bradley era this week with their friendly versus Brazil.
John Duerden of Sports Illustrated writes of the task ahead of Bradley in his tenure with the Pharaohs.
Even two hours before kickoff, the Egyptian fans were in full voice, chanting a soccer version of a refrain familiar to anyone who had been in Tahir Square earlier this year as the Arab Spring reached its zenith.

Barcelona president Sandro Rosell was in a pretty combative mood Tuesday at a conference in Doha as he took aim at both FIFA and UEFA.

Rosell was asked whether clubs would ask FIFA and UEFA to pay players during the World Cup or European Championship and he replied:

"This is what we are discussing with both institutions.

Egypt vs Brazil 2011 Highlights 0-2 Video Goals Friendly Jonas is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Egypt vs Brazil 2011 Highlights 0-2 Video Goals Friendly Jonas is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Egypt vs Brazil 2011 Score and result:- Egypt vs Brazil 0-2 ( Jonas*2) Doha, Qatar- 14 November, 2011- International soccer friendly Bob Bradley's first game in charge of the Egyptian national football team ends [.

The international break's half done, which is good. But that still means there's a half left to go, which is rather less good. As always, you can catch all the week's action on the usual streaming sites—MyP2P, StopStream, First Row Sports, ATDHE, etc.—if your local television options don't have the match you want covered.

Felizzzz Segunda-Feira! It's Match day today as Brazil prepare to take on Egypt tonight in Doha, Qatar! Aaah, Doha, we remember the PAIN you put us through with our luggage and your never-ending steps that needed climbing in the coldness of Doha Airport.

"I think I am not in the best condition to analyse it. At this moment, my feeling is stronger than my reason."
Those were the words of Jorge Fossati, the coach of newly-crowned Asian Champions Al Sadd, deep in the bowels of Jeonju World Cup Stadium on Saturday evening. The Uruguayan had just watched a fantastic final in which his team overcame favourites and host Jeonbuk Motors thanks to a penalty shootout.

The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) have announced that Brazil will take on Gabon in Libreville on 10th November and Egypt four days later in Doha. Brazil have dropped to 5th in the world rankings. Gabon are 68th and Egypt 29th.

I never thought I would be saying it, but I feel a bit sorry for Mohamed Bin Hammam.Banned for life from football and with all his friends now deserting him. A few months ago it had all looked so rosy as he dreamed of handing the 2022 World Cup over to the winning captain in his native Doha. as FIFA President.

LONDON/ZURICH Sepp Blatter, the Fifa president who is standing for re-election admits there is a ground swell of popular support to rehold the 2022 vote won by Qatar The Fifa president Sepp Blatter made the startling disclosure yesterday that he could not rule out a rerun of the voting for the right to host [.

Chung Mong-Joon, the former FIFA Vice-President, today tweeted that his close friend and AFC President Mohamed Bin-Hammam is to challenge Sepp Blatter for the Presidency of FIFA in June.

"It seems he will challenge the FIFA presidential election in June," wrote the Korean who was unseated by a Blatter loyalist Prince Ali Bin Hussein of Jordan at the AFC Congress in Doha in January.

DOHA, Qatar — Billed as a dress rehearsal for the World Cup, the 2011 Asian Cup was nothing of the sort. Qatar's win in the December vote for the 2022 World Cup hosting rights led to a storm of criticism, and put the spotlight on the Asian Cup like never before. The Gulf nation looked [...]

Japan bagged their fourth ever Asian Cup after a nail-biting 1-0 win over Australia at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha with the winner coming courtesy of a splendid first-time volley by striker Tadanari Lee...

Japan bagged their fourth ever Asian Cup after a nail-biting 1-0 win over Australia at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha with the winner coming courtesy of a splendid first-time volley by striker Tadanari Lee.

Last night like so many other Aussie Football supporters I stayed up to watch the Asian Cup Final live from Doha. Personally i wished i was in Doha and had made the mad dash with a dozen or so other supporters just to watch the final against Japan.

After plenty of indignation and threats things seem to have gone quiet over at the PSSI. Three weeks in to the new, unsanctioned, Liga Primer Indonesia and nothing much has happened.
Irfan Bachdim has been told he can't play for the national team. And that's about it.
No foreign players have been deported.

DOHA, Qatar — Reigning champions Iraq set up a quarter-final clash with Australia after beating North Korea 1-0 Wednesday, condemning the Koreans to an early exit having failed to score in the tournament. The 2007 champions finished second in Group D behind Iran, but will be underdogs against an Australian team out for revenge after [.

DOHA, Qatar — Uzbekistan reached the Asian Cup quarter-finals after drawing 2-2 with China in a topsy-turvy and fiercely contested final Group A game at the Al Gharafa Stadium here on Sunday. Having fallen behind early on, Uzbekistan equalised and then went ahead early in the second period through a fine long-distance effort from one-time [.

DOHA, Qatar — Qatar stormed into the Asian Cup quarter-finals for only the second time in their history on Sunday with a commanding 3-0 victory over Gulf champions Kuwait, who were eliminated from the tournament. They went through after Uzbekistan drew 2-2 with China to top Group A, allowing Qatar to finish second and make [.

Bahrain vs India AFC Asian Cup 2011 Football- Group C Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha- January 14, 2011 Half time score:- Bahrain 4-1 India (Faouzi Aaish penalty , Ismaeel Abdulatif*3/ Gouramangi Singh) Second game for India in Group C after their 0-4 loss to Australia in their group opener. Bahrain vs India 1-0 ( Faouzi [.

DOHA, Qatar — Ten-man Japan struggled past Syria 2-1 in a high-octane and controversial Asian Cup group match Thursday to keep alive their hopes of reaching the knockout rounds. Captain Makoto Hasebe opened the scoring for the three-time champions in the 35th minute but Syria pulled one back from a penalty controversially awarded against goalkeeper [.

South Korea vs Bahrain Asian Cup 2011- Group C Al Gharafa Stadium, Doha Half time score :- South Korea 1-0 Bahrain (Ja-Cheol Koo) South Korea will be keen to get off to a good start in this Group C clash against Bahrain after seeing Australia beat India 4-0 in the first Group Fixture. South Korea [..

India vs Australia Group B- January 10, 2011- Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha AFC Asian Cup 2011. Current score :- India 0-2 Australia ( Tim Cahill 11′, Harry Kewell 25′) You'd be forgiven for thinking that it must be a cricket match, for that is the sport where you see India vs Australia the most.

Can Qatar host a successful World Cup in 2022? That's probably a moot question in terms of the Asian Cup, since so much of the country resembles an open construction site.
Eleven years is a long time between tournaments, and no doubt the army of construction workers who clog the footpaths and carparks of this tiny desert nation will work overtime to transform Qatar from its present dusty state into a shining beacon of the Gulf.

So it's nearly time for Japan's Asian Cup opener, which sees the Blue Samurai facing Jordan in Doha's Qatar Sports Club stadium. This is a fixture which has never produced a winner over 90 minutes, with two 1-1 draws between the teams, but Jordan will most likely be aching for revenge for the controversial penalty shoot-out defeat in 2004's Asian Cup quarterfinal.

Dr. Joel Rookwood
The flights to Doha were booked without complication, accommodation was effortlessly secured, and match tickets were purchased with ease. My introductory experiences of international tournaments have rarely unfolded with such simplicity.
Faz and I arrived at the Khalifa Stadium in Doha last night genuinely excited at the prospect of witnessing the opening ceremony of the Asian Cup.

LONDON/DOHA Sepp Blatter's latest salvo in favour of a winter switch for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar has exacerbated perceptions of how much of a shambles was the bidding process concluded by the FIFA executive committee's vote last month. Blatter, speaking before the launch of the Asian Cup in Doha, said: "I expect [.

LONDON/DOHA Sepp Blatter's latest salvo in favour of a winter switch for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar has exacerbated perceptions of how much of a shambles was the bidding process concluded by the FIFA executive committee's vote last month. Blatter, speaking before the launch of the Asian Cup in Doha, said: "I expect [.

With the Indonesian FA now in Doha for the Asian Cup along with all the other footballing bigwigs expect plenty of wagon circling as they seek to repel the intruder, the upstart Liga Primer Indonesia.
Reuters no less has picked up on a football story out of Indonesia and quotes a FIFA official as saying they 'have heard nothing official' about the LPI and warn that if it goes ahead tomorrow as planned 'it will be dealt with by FIFA's emergency committee and sanctions will be taken'.

?DOHA, Jordan — Jordan's Prince Ali bin Al Hussein stunned powerful South Korean Chung Mong-Joon by unseating him as a FIFA vice-president on Thursday while Mohamad bin Hammam won another term as AFC chief. Chung, the controlling shareholder in industrial giant Hyundai Heavy Industries, a major FIFA sponsor, had been in the job since 1994 [.