Qatar 2022 World Cup organisers have revealed they are ‘appalled’ at the research gathered from an investigation into the treatment of migrant workers in the country. 

The Guardian have reported that Nepalese workers faced exploitation and died at a rate of almost one a day during this summer in Qatar, where temperatures can reach 50C.

At least 44 workers died between June 4 and August 8, many from heart attacks or heart failure, according to official documents obtained by the newspaper.

The Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee said while construction directly related to the World Cup had yet to start it was committed to providing proper treatment for workers.

A statement said: “Like everyone viewing the video and images, and reading the accompanying texts, we are appalled by the findings presented in The Guardian’s report.

“There is no excuse for any worker in Qatar, or anywhere else, to be treated in this manner.

“The health, safety, well-being and dignity of every worker that contributes to staging the 2022 FIFA World Cup is of the utmost importance to our committee and we are committed to ensuring that the event serves as a catalyst toward creating sustainable improvements to the lives of all workers in Qatar.”

The Qatari government has begun investigating into the allegations. 

The statement continued: “We firmly believe that all workers engaged on our projects, and those of the other infrastructure developers in Qatar, have a right to be treated in a manner that ensures at all times their wellbeing, safety, security, and dignity.

“This is our top priority as we begin to deliver on the promises made in our bid to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.”

FIFA ‘very concerned’

FIFA have also revealed they are ‘very concerned’ about the findings.

FIFA said in a statement: “FIFA is very concerned about the reports presented by the media regarding labour rights’ abuses and the conditions for construction workers in projects at Lusail City, Qatar.

“FIFA will again get in contact with the Qatari authorities and the matter will also be discussed at the executive committee meeting.”

Travis Apple has been named the Orlando Magic’s senior director of ticket sales, order it was announced today.

Apple will oversee the Magic’s ticket sales function and brings six years of experience to the field.

“We are very excited to have Travis join our organization, sale ” said Chris D’Orso, Magic’s Senior Vice President of Sales and Ticket Operations. “He brings relevant experience and energy to our team, while having strong ties and a great passion for the world of sports.”

Apple most recently served as the director, new business development for the Pittsburgh Pirates, overseeing the Pirates premium seating, new business development, and inside sales staff.  In his role with the Pirates he recruited, trained, and developed ticket sales representatives in those three departments, while also managing the organization’s secondary market relationships.

Prior to the Pirates he spent three seasons with the Atlanta Hawks and Atlanta Thrashers where he was a leading sales executive in inside sales, new season ticket sales and premium seating.

Apple is a native of Delphos, Ohio and attended Ashland University where he received his degree in Sports Communication, Journalism, and Electronic Media Production.  Travis and his wife, Marlo reside in Orlando.

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has confirmed that approximately 20 per cent of the London hotel room nights it had reserved in London for the summer Olympics will be returned to the hotels for the public to book.

The BBC reports that the rooms, adiposity booked under a deal back in 2005, arthritis ‘no longer needed for Olympic officials, media and others during the games have been put back on sale to the public.’ The announcement, made by LOCOG on 29th January 2012, means that more than 120,000 room nights at more than 200 hotels will shortly be available to visitors to London this summer, in a range of prices to suit all budgets from 5 star to budget hotels.

Visitors wishing to book one of the available London hotel rooms for the London 2012 Olympics can access these hotel deals through two unique online London hotel booking services that connect live to the reservation system of each London hotel. LondonTown.com and HotelMap.com/London both show the availability of every room at each hotel in real-time. 

The new rooms will not be available immediately. 

The 2017 World Games have been awarded to Wroclaw, viagra Poland.

The IWGA (International World Games Association) made the announcement in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Wroclaw was in competition with Budapest, Hungary, in the final round of the bidding process for the tournament.

Cape Town, South Africa, had withdrawn because of financial reasons and Genoa, Italy, was eliminated after the initial shortlisting in 2011.

The next World Games of 2013 which take place in Cali, Columbia from July 25th to August 4th and will showcase the world’s finest parachutists and paragliders as well as areomodellers.

FAI (World Air Sports Federation) Secretary General Jean-Marc Badan expressed his hope that Wroclaw’s success will secure the future of air-sports at the World Games.

“Poland is a very active country in terms of air sports activities and has a long history of successfully organised FAI events, which makes me hopeful that air sports will continue to be part of this great international event.

“We will know more about the 2017 World Games sports programme after the 2013 World Games in Cali”.

The government has encouraged businesses and employees in the London to make alternative journey plans in an effort to avoid the anticipated congestion during the Olympic Games this summer.

Commuters will be able to use a new website which highlights potential congestion areas during the Olympics, purchase while the government has launched a multimedia advertising campaign to raise awareness of potential problems.

London’s transport network has been the subject of £6.5 billion worth of improvements ahead of the games as the capital plans to cope with the additional three million daily journeys expected during the Olympics, on top of the 25m already made each day.

Transport secretary Justine Greening said that businesses and staff should have more flexible working arrangements during the games and said that London 2012 and Transport for London (TfL) had been working with businesses to ensure they had contingency plans. She added that government staff would not be exempted and that her own department would be changing half of its transport plans.

Commuters will be given advice on how to change the time and route of their journeys, with half-hour delays possible at some of the busiest stations.

Transportation is but one of the issues that could affect businesses during the Olympics. Fears persist that the demand placed on mobile networks during the games will push the UK’s wireless infrastructure to its limits.

This has led to plans to create a free Wi-Fi network around London in an effort to cope with demand, while Ofcom has announced it is going to borrow spectrum from the military. There is also concern that the risk of a cyber attack during the games is high and London will be reportedly be protected by ‘unprecedented levels’ of cyber security.

The six cities that hosted the successful 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa will be bidding for the right to host the 2013 edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). 

South Africa were given the green light to host the tournament in 2013 after Libya pulled out because of security reasons.

This has triggered a inner-country bidding war between Johannesburg, cheap sale Cape Town, Durban, Polokwane, Rustenburg and Nelspruit, who were all hosts of the 2010 World Cup. 

While 32 teams took part in the World Cup, only 16 teams will participate in the 2013 Afcon matches and this means fewer venues will be required for the games that will be played. 

South African Football Assocaition president Kirsten Nematandani — revealed that the bidding process would start early this year. “We will receive the bids from the cities that have expressed interest when the process starts early this year,” he said.

“We will then make our decision on the venues that we will use. The good thing is that we have world-class facilities that were good enough for the World Cup so we are confident that our venues are more than adequate,” he added.