Any decision by FIFA to increase the 2022 World Cup to 48 teams will only be made in agreement with hosts Qatar, a senior Gulf tournament organiser said Wednesday.

Super Eagles striker Kelechi Iheanacho said the team has learnt some lesson from participating at the 2018 World Cup, stating that the Eagles will be back and better at the Qatar 2020 tournament.

Qatar on Sunday unveiled the design for what it claims is the World Cup’s first ‘reusable’ stadium, the seventh of eight expected venues that will stage games during the 2022 tournament.

Qatar’s most senior World Cup official said Monday there were no regrets in bidding for the 2022 tournament, despite the “abuse” it claims it has received since being chosen as host.

Qatar’s 2022 World Cup preparations have been inconvenienced but not delayed by the political and economic boycott by its neighbours, the country’s most senior tournament organiser insisted Sunday.

International trade union inspectors have visited the Qatar World Cup 2022 stadium where a Nepalese labourer died last year, a joint statement from tournament organisers and workers’ representatives said Thursday.

Qatar is spending almost $500 million (about N250 billion) a week on major infrastructure projects as it prepares for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, its finance minister has said.

A British worker fell to his death from a suspended platform at a Qatar 2022 World Cup stadium site, a building contractor said Friday.

Midway into the session, Hassan Al Thawadi, the Secretary General of Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee paused while answering a question.

“I’m proud of the work that we have done in the past three years. We have been developing the plan for memorable World Cup. And now we are delivering the plan,” he said when he continued.