A World Cup, hosted by an oil-producing state, in a part of the world not traditionally considered a footballing powerhouse and where same-sex relations are illegal. Welcome to USA ‘94, held a decade before the Supreme Court struck down America’s last anti-sodomy laws.
I digress. A mere 12 years after Qatar was awarded the right to host the 2022 Fifa World Cup, it has suddenly come to our attention that the country, like at least 66 others around the world, criminalises same-sex conduct. Indeed, it is in a select group, one of seven to maintain the death penalty as punishment for the ‘crime’.
