A decision on the timing of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will not be made before the start of 2015, reports BBC Sport. Fifa says an announcement could be made later this year but Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, the head of the task force that is making the decision on the timing of the tournament, says it would be not be taken before next year.
Salman, from Bahrain, told Press Association Sport: "There are a lot of partners that we need to sit and talk with and find the best solution and I am sure this decision will not be taken before the first quarter of 2015."
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