Fact Check: No, FIFA is not going to change the duration of the game for Qatar World Cup
India Today
FIFA has clarified that there will be no changes to the length of football matches for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
For football lovers, it was a surprise before the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Qatar. A viral message on social media claimed that FIFA will extend the duration of the game from 90 minutes to 100 minutes for the 2022 World Cup.
Multiple users on Facebook claimed that the governing body of world football would extend the duration of the game to 100 minutes.
India Today Anti-Fake News War room (AFWA) has found that FIFA clarified on Twitter that there will be no changes to the length of football matches for the 2022 World Cup or any other competition.
The viral posts are archived here and here.
Most of the viral messages on Facebook have claimed the Italian website “Corriere dello Sport” as the source of this information.
We found that sports website “ Football Italia” reported about this on April 5 with a headline “FIFA considering playing time rule change ahead of 2022 World Cup”.
This news report says, “As reported by Corriere dello Sport, FIFA want to increase the amount of effective playing time in matches ahead of the upcoming World Cup in Qatar, but first they’ll have to receive the green light from IFAB, the body that governs the laws of football.”
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