DHAKA: The football World Cup will not be played in the summer months in Qatar in 2022, Fifa secretary general Jerome Valcke said on Wednesday.

‘The dates of the World Cup will not be in June or July. I think it will be played between November 15 and January 15 the latest,’ he told France Inter Radio, reports The Straits Times.

‘If you play between November 15 and, let’s say, the end of December, it’s the time when the weather is the most favourable,’ he added.

‘You play with a temperature equivalent to that of a rather hot spring in Europe, you play with a temperature of 25 deg (Celsius), which is perfect to play football.’

BDST: 1855 HRS, JAN 08, 2014
Edited by Robab Rosan, Current Affairs Editor