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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Tom Ellen and Soraya Gaied Chortane

The non-football fan’s guide to the World Cup - facts, stats and titbits ahead of Qatar 2022

THE ‘FIRST-IEST’ WORLD CUP EVER

Qatar 2022 is definitely the first World Cup to have generated quite so much controversy. But it’s also first on a few other fronts, too...

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