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A fortune’s coming home: how British PR firms won big representing Qatar

Pushback on stories critical of the World Cup hosts has come from lobbyists and lawyers operating out of London

The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2022

Gianni Infantino describes Qatar 2022 as ‘the best World Cup ever’

The controversial tournament draws to a close on Sunday

The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2022

Gary Lineker brands USA "extraordinarily racist" in comment on World Cup 2026 co-hosts

Gary Lineker has been scathing in his criticism of current World Cup hosts Qatar and has turned his ire onto one of the countries who will host the next tournament, the United States

Daily Mirror · Dec 14, 2022

Qatar World Cup official confirms drastically higher worker death toll than first claimed

Qatar has received plenty of criticism since being awarded the World Cup relating to the shocking number of working deaths in the building of stadiums and it has now been revealed that there are far more than feared

Daily Mirror · Nov 29, 2022

Qatar says 400-500 migrant workers died due to World Cup

The figure is significantly higher than any estimate previously offered by the World Cup host.

Axios · Nov 29, 2022

Qatar official admits for first time hundreds of migrant workers died building World Cup 2022

A top Qatari official involved in preparing his country’s hosting of the World Cup has put the number of worker deaths for the tournament ‘between 400 and 500’ for the first time

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2022

Qatar says worker deaths for World Cup 'between 400 and 500'

A top Qatari official involved in preparing his country’s hosting of the World Cup has put the number of worker deaths for the tournament “between 400 and 500” for the first time

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2022

Qatar World Cup: 5 things we learned on Day 9 - goals, protest and questions

Lots of men running around a field scoring goals ...OK. Just the kind of thing wanted at a football tournament. One man running across a field with a political message. Not on.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 29, 2022

Qatar hit out at BBC and Gary Lineker over ‘racist’ World Cup coverage

Hassan Al-Thawadi criticised Lineker and the BBC for failing to provide a “balanced view” of the host country during their coverage

Evening Standard · Nov 28, 2022

Gary Lineker challenges Qatar chief’s criticism of BBC’s World Cup coverage

Qatar World Cup chief Hassan Al-Thawadi claimed Lineker did not respond to invitations for dialogue before the tournament

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2022