February 22, 2026 01:26 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Rahul Gandhi slams Modi as ‘compromised’, says PM can’t renegotiate India-US trade deal | Terror alert in Delhi: LeT may target Chandni Chowk with IED, say reports | US Supreme Court shocks Donald Trump on tariffs — but India may still end up paying more | PM Modi warns ‘AI must not control humans’ as India unveils bold tech vision at AI Impact Summit 2026 | Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol sentenced to life over failed martial law bid | Tata Group joins hands with OpenAI in massive AI push to transform India and global industries | Epstein Files row: Bill Gates to skip keynote address at AI Summit 2026 | AI Impact Summit: Google launches game-changing America-India Connect plan with $15 billion backing | AI takes centre stage as Modi meets Google CEO Sundar Pichai in Delhi | G7 Spotlight: Emmanuel Macron invites Narendra Modi for 2026 Summit
FIFA WC '22
Image Credit: Twitter/FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup 2022 to kickstart today with grand opening ceremony in Qatar

| @indiablooms | Nov 20, 2022, at 06:34 pm

Doha/IBNS: The most awaited mega sporting event globally-FIFA World Cup 2022-is all set to kickstart from Sunday in Qatar with a grand opening ceremony.

The first game of the tournament will be contested between the hosts Qatar and Ecuador, at 9:30 PM.

Before the commencement of the football action, a gala opening ceremony will be held at the Al Bayt Stadium to declare the tournament formally 'open'.

South Korea's famous band BTS' singer, Jungkook is slated to perform in the opening ceremony, among others.

The event will be held at the stadium having a capacity of 60,000 spectators.

The final match of this year's world cup will be played on Dec 18 at the Lusail Stadium.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.