article_snippet: It comes after a FIFA taskforce recommended last month Controversial tournament should be switched from summer to winter to avoid the searing heat of the Gulf in June and July, where temperatures can exceed 40C.
article_snippet: The decision to hold the first ever winter Qatar World Cup was taken more than four years after the most controversial award of a sporting event in history.
article_snippet: Finally us know the end of Controversial tournament.
article_snippet: World Cup has been mired in controversy ever since the shock decision to stage the tournament in the desert kingdom which has no footballing history and a questionable human rights record.
article_snippet: The idea of holding the prestigious tournament in winter has also proved controversial.
article_snippet: Controversial: Sepp Blatter initially said the prestigious tournament in winter would be in the summer, but backtracked .
highlights_snippet: Controversial tournament will take place in Qatar despite concerns .
  
highlights_snippet: Qatar World Cup dogged in controversy since first awarded in 2010 .