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The damned World Cup kicks off and Qatar is not in any mood to apologise

There has been a hardening of the host nation’s attitudes before a tournament shadowed by corruption, suffering and death

The Guardian - UK

Why Qatar is a controversial host for the World Cup

FIFA's choice of Qatar to host the World Cup has long been marred by criticism over human rights abuses, the safety of migrant workers and the logistics of holding a soccer tournament in desert heat.

WEKU

An ugly side to the beautiful game

When the World Cup kicks off next weekend, a Western sense of fair play will be outraged that a country without any native tradition in the game has won the right to host the tournament through financial muscle. Insult is added to injury too -- due to Qatar's extreme temperatures,…

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Inside Qatar's World Cup bid: 'Expanding the game', bribery allegations and FIFA's U-turn

Seventeen of the 22 FIFA ExCo members who handed the 2022 World Cup to Qatar have been banned or indicted over allegations of corruption and wrongdoing, but the tournament survived the storm

Daily Mirror

Dua Lipa dismisses reports she will perform at Qatar World Cup

The 27-year-old singer maintains she will not visit Qatar until ‘it has fulfilled all the human rights pledges it made when it won the right to host’

The Independent UK

Sport is not ‘apolitical’ when countries such as Qatar are hosting it

FOLLOWING the letter sent by Fifa to all nations competing in the World Cup asking them to “not allow football to be dragged into ideological or…

The National (Scotland)

Look back at 2010: ‘Qatar think they might just have got it’

Al Jazeera’s sports reporter looks back at the World Cup, from the day Qatar won the bid to the final straight.

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World Cup 2022 briefing: squads take shape as Qatar kick-off looms

Our daily rundown will be available through the tournament, but here is a taster to set the scene with barely a week to go

The Guardian - UK

Sepp Blatter says Iran should be kicked out of World Cup over protest crackdowns

Demonstartions against Tehran regime continue Friday

The Independent UK

Former FIFA Head Blatter Says Iran Should Be Barred from World Cup

Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter thinks Iran should be barred from the World Cup amid widespread protests sparked by the death of a woman in the custody of morality police, a Swiss paper quoted him on Friday as saying. "Iran should be excluded from the World Cup," the Blick tabloid…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Soccer-Former FIFA head Blatter says Iran should be barred from World Cup

Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter thinks Iran should be barred from the World Cup amid widespread protests in the Islamic Republic sparked by the death of a woman in the custody of morality police, a Swiss paper quoted him on Friday as saying.

Reuters

How the unlikeliest World Cup ever came to be

Was realising the dream of the Middle East’s first World Cup worth it? Qatar is about to find out

Financial Times

Fifa Uncovered review – such brazen wrongdoing it’s like a particularly repulsive true-crime show

This queasily thrilling documentary shows the global expansion of the beautiful game – and it’s so shocking it’ll make you ashamed to be a fan

The Guardian - UK

Qatar World Cup ambassador calls homosexuality 'damage in the mind'

AN ambassador for the World Cup in Qatar has described homosexuality as “damage in the mind”, just two weeks before the opening of the football…

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Why FSG’s final act as Liverpool owners could define their legacy

In today’s Fiver: A shockwave and a moral conundrum

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FIFA's former leader says making Qatar a World Cup host was a mistake

Blatter, who has long said he voted for the United States, made the admission in his first major interview since being acquitted in July of financial misconduct at FIFA.

The Guardian - UK

Sepp Blatter says choosing Qatar to host World Cup was ‘a mistake’

Handing the World Cup to Qatar was a ‘mistake’ and a ‘bad choice’ according to the former Fifa president Sepp Blatter

Evening Standard

Sepp Blatter says awarding Qatar the World Cup was a ‘mistake’

Sepp Blatter says FIFA’s decision to award Qatar the World Cup was a “mistake”.

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Daily Mirror

Disgraced ex-FIFA chief Sepp Blatter admits picking Qatar 2022 World Cup "was a mistake"

The former FIFA president, who was banned in 2015, has claimed that the governing body initially wanted the US to host this year's tournament

The Independent UK

Sepp Blatter admits ‘Qatar was a mistake’ on eve of World Cup

Blatter said he was ‘responsible’ for the decision, which has faced criticism because of Qatar’s treatment of migrant workers and discriminative LGBT+ laws

The Independent UK

Qatar's 12-year journey as World Cup host has 1 month to go

The first World Cup in the Middle East is only one month away

Radio France Internationale

Prosecutors appeal against Blatter, Platini let-off in FIFA fraud trial

Swiss prosecutors have filed an appeal against the acquittal of former football chiefs Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini over a suspected fraudulent payment. Blatter and Platini, once the directors of world and European football respectively, were cleared in July by the Federal Criminal Court.

Al Jazeera

Qatar timeline: From winning the World Cup bid in 2010 to now

Al Jazeera looks at the main events of the last 12 years in the leadup to the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Reuters

Soccer-Swiss prosecutors appeal against acquittals of Blatter, Platini

Swiss federal prosecutors have filed an appeal to overturn the acquittals of former FIFA President Sepp Blatter and France footballing great Michel Platini on corruption charges, they said on Thursday.

The Guardian - UK

Football corruption and the remarkable road to Qatar’s World Cup

The most significant day in the history of modern football ended with the award of a tainted event that is now weeks away

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