(Reuters) - Organisers of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar have indicated they will not relinquish the right to host football's showpiece event easily, whatever the fall-out from Sepp Blatter's decision to step down as FIFA president.
Blatter, who counted the nations of the Arabian Gulf among his strongest allies, rocked the world of football on Tuesday by unexpectedly saying he would step down as FIFA president in the wake of a corruption investigation.
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