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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Sean Ingle in Doha

World Cup fan village still a building site 48 hours before Qatar 2022 kicks off

Shipping containers at the Rawdat Al Jahhaniya fan accommodation
Shipping containers at the Rawdat Al Jahhaniya fan accommodation are supposed to be ready to house fans attending the World Cup. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

A large official fan village, which is expected to house dozens of England and Wales fans in the coming weeks, still resembles a building site less than 48 hours before the World Cup kicks off.

The Rawdat Al Jahhaniya accommodation base, in the shadow of the Ahmad bin Ali stadium where Wales play the US on Monday, had abandoned forklift trucks and a digger next to the hundreds of sea containers that will host supporters when the Guardian visited on Thursday and Friday.

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