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Qatar’s World Cup Is a $300 Billion Splurge to Rebrand Its Global Reputation

Middle Eastern countries are vying to host marquee events like Formula One races, which boost tourism and prestige.

Businessweek

World Cup 2010: When football’s biggest party arrived in Africa

In the 2015 FIFA corruption case, it emerged the bidding process was corrupted by paying bribes to then-FIFA official.

Al Jazeera

The Socceroos’ $1.3bn Qatar training base is beyond luxurious, but also a symbol of World Cup’s wider issues

The team’s opulent surroundings give them the best chance of success, but can’t disguise some of the uneasy questions around Qatar’s tournament

The Guardian - AU

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Thomas Hitzlsperger: ‘You can’t be paid by Qatar or Fifa and criticise them’

The first Premier League player to come out speaks on migrant worker abuses in Qatar and money’s malign influence on the game

The Guardian - UK

Women’s World Cup 2023: top tournament tracks to roar on the Lionesses

Getting hyped ahead of the Lionesses’ World Cup final? Here’s your official soundtrack?

Evening Standard

Football didn’t do enough to stop Qatar World Cup, Norway boss claims

Stale Solbakken has also criticised what he believes have been mixed messages from Fifa president Gianni Infantino

The Independent UK

Leeds city centre bar Belgrave cancels football World Cup screenings over Qatar human rights

As the World Cup is hosted in Qatar, Belgrave believe that showing the games would not support all communities in Leeds

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Bristol City and rest of the Championship break for the World Cup, but is it really necessary?

The EFL were forced to condense the season which meant Championship sides have already played 21 out of a 46-game season

Bristol Post

Iran's only Premier League player on World Cup, support for protestors and facing England

WORLD CUP 2022 PREVIEW: IRAN - Saman Ghoddos tells Mirror Football that speaking out is "the right thing to do" despite fears of repercussions as Islamic regime sentence thousands of protestors to death

Daily Mirror

We 'signed' Cristiano Ronaldo for Chelsea after he left Man Utd and he was ideal short-term fix

Cristiano Ronaldo is now available on a free transfer after Manchester United confirmed his departure by mutual consent, so we simulated a season with the striker at Chelsea.

Football London

World Cup 2006: Tournament that saw the last of Zidane, Ronaldo

Zidane’s walk off the pitch in the final after being shown a red card was his last in French colours.

Al Jazeera

China’s businesses get top billing at World Cup after team flops

Chinese brands, including Wanda Group and Vivo, are the biggest-spending sponsors at the 2022 tournament.

Al Jazeera

The Juxtaposition Hanging Over Qatar’s World Cup

There’s a version of Qatar that officials want projected to the world, and there’s a version that is harder to reconcile amid the pomp and poshness of FIFA's showpiece event.

Sports Illustrated

Govt offers World Cup loan

World Cup fans in Thailand are likely to miss out on being able to watch the first match on Sunday after the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) failed to agree on a price with football's international governing body (Fifa).

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Football London

Christopher Nkunku to Chelsea transfer: Done deal, early January move, contract accepted

Christopher Nkunku is one of Europe's most coveted players ahead of the January transfer window and Chelsea seem to be doing everything they can to win the transfer race

The Guardian - UK

Gay Qataris physically abused then recruited as agents, campaigner says

Gay Qataris have been promised safety from torture in exchange for helping to track down other LGBTQ+ people, a prominent Qatari gay-rights campaigner has said

Daily Mirror

Iran manager Carlos Queiroz in heated exchange with reporter over World Cup controversy

Queiroz returned for his second spell as head coach of Iran in September, amid mounting pressure on FIFA to expel the country from the World Cup due to its human rights abuses

USA Today Sports Media Group

A video from Qatar’s FIFA World Cup tent village has fans making Fyre Fest comparisons

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The Independent UK

Virgil van Dijk not expecting to play former Liverpool teammate Sadio Mane at World Cup

Van Dijk’s Dutch face Mane’s Senegal in their opening group match on Monday

The Independent UK

I don’t think he will play – Virgil van Dijk sympathises with Sadio Mane

The former Liverpool forward has a leg issue.

The Guardian - UK

Football fans will have to pay £12 for a beer at World Cup in Qatar

Organisers had promised to keep prices modest and there is a limit of four drinks per order amid fears of binge drinking

The Independent UK

At G-20, FIFA head calls for World Cup ceasefire in Ukraine

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has urged world leaders to call for a ceasefire in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine during the World Cup that starts later this week

Daily Record

England's World Cup squad valued at over £1billion and Aaron Ramsey's 'pinch himself' moment

The Premier League is providing the most players at the tournament while Gianni Infantino addresses G20 summit.

The Guardian - UK

Gianni Infantino presents his big idea for peace through Qatar 2022

In today’s Fiver: Gianni Infantino, the Human Rights World Cup and a rebrand

Daily Mirror

Qatar World Cup: £175bn construction, collapsible stadiums and environmental criticism

Qatar has spent an estimated £175billion to host the World Cup and the colossal expenditure has brought vast construction projects, seven new stadiums - and criticism

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