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DPA
Moscow
FIFA President Gianni Infantino has reitereated that there is no need for a return to the vote for Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup.
Ahead of the draw for the 2018 World Cup in Russia on Friday, Infantino said FIFA had now changed governance and the ruling body had learned from the past.
"Suspicions (around World Cup host city votes) cannot surface any more because we will put in the mechanisms which make sure it doesn't happen," Infantino said.
He cautioned against"pre-judgements in general".
"It's easy to paint with a dark paint everything that comes from the east, from Russia, the Arab world because we are the best ones, we know how to run countries...we know how democracy works," Infantino added.
Recently, Hassan al Thawadi, Secretary General of the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC), had said he was confident in the"integrity" of Qatar's bid.
"It is all hearsay and there is no evidence," Thawadi said.
Last week, Qatar had unveiled the design of Ras Abu Aboud Stadium, the seventh Qatar 2022 stadium, featuring a bold and innovative concept unique to any World Cup stadium ever made. To be built using modular building blocks, each containing removable seats, concession stands, lavatories and other fundamental stadium elements, the stadium will combine tournament experience and legacy planning in a revolutionary way to create a truly unique venue.
