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England stars are set to bring the biggest ever army of WAGs to a World Cup as they descend on Doha ahead of kick off

The foreign fans flocking to Doha for the 2022 FIFA World Cup will find an emirate where women have been driving for decades, hold public office and wield influence through other high-profile roles

Qatar expects to welcome more than 1.2 million visitors as some epidemiologists warn of a third pandemic winter.

Qatar-German spat eases after Berlin’s interior minister says critical comments were ‘misinterpreted’.

A gleaming white World Cup stadium looms large at the end of the street in the quiet suburban neighbourhood of Al Thumama.

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When Qatar was awarded hosting duties for the biggest event in football, the Gulf nation promised to host "the first carbon neutral World Cup". While organisers have introduced several green initiatives, environmentalists accuse the event's governing body of "greenwashing" its environmental claims.

The six-member Gulf bloc says it backs Doha in ‘addressing any interference in its internal affairs’.

DOHA: Qatar has emptied apartment blocks housing thousands of foreign workers in the same areas in the centre of the capital Doha where visiting football fans will stay during the World Cup, evicted workers have told Reuters.

Qatar has emptied apartment blocks housing thousands of foreign workers in the same areas in the centre of the capital Doha where visiting soccer fans will stay during the World Cup, workers who were evicted from their homes told Reuters.

DOHA, Qatar — It was 115 degrees on the summer day I arrived in Qatar. That answered my first question: Why had FIFA, among the most hidebound and conservative of international sports bodies, agreed to buck nearly a century of tradition by playing the World Cup in the winter?