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Eyes of football world on Doha for World Cup draw

DOHA: The draw for this year's World Cup takes place in the shadow of Doha's skyscrapers on Friday (Apr 1), with the focus for the evening on the actual football after a build-up dominated by the many off-field issues surrounding the awarding of the tournament.

Ronaldo and Messi next: The trio that played in five World Cup finals

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have both failed to win the World Cup, but Qatar 2022 could see them join an even more exclusive list – becoming the fourth and fifth player to appear at five Coupe du Mondes.

World Cup draw LIVE as Scotland discover potential Qatar fate

It's a big day in Doha as the draw takes place for the first ever winter World Cup.

FIFA World Cup 2022 Final Draw Live Updates: FIFA President Addresses Gathering

FIFA World Cup 2022 Final Draw Live Updates: The draw for this year's FIFA World Cup is taking place in the shadow of Doha's skyscrapers on Friday at Doha's Exhibition and Convention Center. Holders France are among the top seeds in Pot One. That will be comprised of the top seven nations in the FIFA rankings as well as debutants Qatar, at 51st one of the lowest-ranked teams at the World Cup but with privileged status as hosts. World number one nation Brazil, Belgium, Lionel Messi's Argentina, England, Spain and Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal are the other top seeds, with the latter benefiting from European champions Italy's absence. That also means Germany, after their surprise group-stage exit at the 2018 World Cup, are the biggest name in Pot Two, which also contains the Netherlands and Croatia, runners-up four years ago. African champions Senegal, Japan and Robert Lewandowski's Poland are among the names in the third pot, and Canada will be in the fourth pot in their first appearance since 1986.

Source: Orta in pre-summer talks to bring Marsch's top target to Leeds; he once matched Messi

Leeds United have already begun pre-summer talks to sign January target Brenden Aaronson in the next transfer window, according to a fresh transfer claim.