Qatari couple name newborn baby ‘Fifa’

People in Qatar really have gone football crazy after their nation's successful bid to host the 2022 World Cup. A couple have just called their newborn baby 'Fifa'.

The football fanatic Qatari couple have named their baby in honour of the organisation that awarded the biggest football tournament in the world to the filthy rich Arab nation.

Nayef Al Shimmari and his wife are the proud parents of 'Fifa', Qatari daily newspaper Al Raya reports.

"When I was in labour I heard that Qatar was picked ahead of many other countries to host the World Cup finals, so my husband and I decided to name her Fifa," said the overjoyed mother.

"We saw that Qataris were truly overjoyed with the historic award and we wanted to contribute to the celebrations in our own way," she added.