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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

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

The controversial tournament draws to a close on Sunday

The Independent UK

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

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England fan exploring Qatar stumbles across abandoned 'migrant worker camp'

An England football fan has been exploring 'hidden Qatar' while in the Middle East for the World Cup and stumbled across an abandoned site where workers who built the stadium allegedly lived

Daily Mirror

Qatar investigating death of worker at World Cup-linked site

The head of Qatar's World Cup organizing committee says Qatar is investigating the reported death of a migrant worker at a facility connected to the tournament

The Independent UK

Qatar says ‘between 400 and 500’ worker deaths are related to World Cup

The comment by Hassan al-Thawadi, the secretary-general of Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, threatened to reinvigorate criticism by human rights groups over the toll of hosting the Middle East’s first World Cup.

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Qatari official puts worker deaths for World Cup ‘between 400 and 500’

A top Qatari official involved in the country's World Cup organization has put the number of worker deaths for the tournament “between 400 and 500” for the first time, a drastically higher number than any other previously offered by Doha.

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The Guardian - US

US viewers accuse Fox Sports of ‘shilling for Qatar’ amid glowing World Cup coverage

US viewers have criticized Fox Sports after its broadcast of the opening day of the World Cup ignored the host country’s human rights record

AFP

World Cup officials target 'price-gouging' as 1.2m tickets sold

Doha (AFP) - The Qatar World Cup's chief organiser announced "record-breaking" demand on Wednesday with 1.2 million tickets sold, but admitted it was hard to stop businesses taking advantage by raising prices.

Al Jazeera

What happened at the 72nd FIFA Congress in Qatar?

Human rights, the Russia-Ukraine war and biennial World Cup plans some of the issues that surfaced in Doha.

Al Jazeera

Qatar’s human rights record takes centre stage at FIFA Congress

Norway’s football chief lashes out at FIFA and Qatar while World Cup hosts, governing body point to labour reforms made.

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The Independent UK

Stadiums built but scrutiny endures for Qatar World Cup head

On the eve of the World Cup draw, Qatar's chief organizer says “nobody accepts any sort of suffering" that his country has tried to prevent with changes to labor laws

The Guardian - UK

Qatar World Cup chief bites back after criticism from Norwegian FA

Dispute over the legacy of staging the men’s World Cup in Qatar broke out on the floor of the Fifa Congress on Thursday

The Independent UK

Qatar and FIFA criticized harshly ahead of World Cup draw

A Norwegian soccer official has delivered a scathing criticism of World Cup host Qatar and FIFA to an audience of executives on the eve of the tournament’s draw

AFP

Qatar hits back at 'ridiculous' World Cup attack by Van Gaal

Doha (AFP) - Qatar's top World Cup organiser has hit back at Louis van Gaal for criticising the decision to hold the event in the Gulf state, saying the Netherlands coach has failed to understand the Arab world's passion for football.

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