QFA signs MoU with Turkish football body

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Sunday, May 6th 2018 04:15 AM

DOHA: The Qatar Football Association (QFA) has signed an MoU with Turkish football authority.     QFA Present Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Bin Ahmed Al Thani headed a high level delegation to Istanbul where he met with Yildirum Demiroren, President of Turkish Football Federation (TFF).   QFA Secretary General Mansoor Al Ansari was also present during the meeting in which matters of mutual interests were discussed in detail.   Ali Dawood Al Shukri, President of the Office of the President, was also present.   During the meeting, the TFF President fully endorsed the staging of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, saying the event would usher in a new era of football fans and bring the region together through sports. The TFF President praised Qatar for hosting a plethora of top international events for over two decades.   TFF Vice President Servet Yardimci was also present during the meeting.   The QFA President visited the offices of the TFF where he was taken around the vast training facilities also.   Later the QFA President and his Turkish counterpart held detailed discussions on ways and means to develop football in the two countries. It was agreed upon to create a mechanism through which youth football got the best of support from both countries.   The QFA President thanked Demiroren for the invite to visit Istanbul and for opening ways to boost football in the two countries. He said Qatar remained committed to developing football not just in Qatar but in the Arab world as well.   The two officials are expected to meet at next month's FIFA Congress to be held in Moscow, just three days before the start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.