Qatar says ready for summer or winter World Cup


Secretary General of the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee Hassan Abdulla Al Thawadi (C) speaks during a news conference in Doha February 25, 2015. REUTERS/Mohammed Dabbous

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Qatar will be ready to deliver a World Cup no matter when it is played, the Gulf state's 2022 organising committee chief Hassan Al Thawadi assured on Thursday.

With FIFA set to vote March 19 on a recommendation for a World Cup staged over the cooler months of November and December to avoid the searing June-July heat, Al Thawadi removed the Gulf state from the debate.

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