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Reuters
Reuters
Sport
By Maya Gebeily and Charlotte Bruneau

In a stadium of their own, migrant workers say their sweat made World Cup happen

Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - Migrant workers watch Qatar v Ecuador - Doha, Qatar - November 20, 2022 Migrant workers watch the match REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Taking selfies from the stands and sitting on the grassy pitch, thousands of migrant workers gathered in a Doha stadium to watch the opening match of the first World Cup in the Middle East.

The special fan zone set up at the industrial area on the city's outskirts includes a stadium with a giant TV screen and another big screen set up outside for an overflow crowd. It sits adjacent to several worker camps where many of Qatar's hundreds of thousands of low-income labourers live.

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