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Proudly supporting the human rights abuses of World Cup 2022
Someone has taken Coke "Share Happiness" logo & made an ad to remind them of the happiness they're sharing in Qatar.
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1,000 Indian Workers Dead. The Grim Reality Of Qatar's FIFA World Cup Dream
The 2022 Qatar FIFA World Cup will kill more Indians than the numbers of players it will host. This is what Sharan Burrow, general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation said last year, when news of Qatari human rights violations made headlines. A thousand Indians had already died, and a year later, we’ve only rescued Indians from the Gulf country when bombs fell, but ignored the darker, hidden world of Indian migrants in these nations.
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Qatar arrests yet more journalists trying to look into alleged abuse of World Cup workers
A BBC team that traveled to Qatar at the government's invitation quickly found out how limited their welcome was: After attempting to visit workers and document their living conditions, the crew was thrown in jail. One of the journalist thinks a wider crackdown is yet to come.
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Brazil's $900 million World Cup stadium is now being used as a parking lot
What happens when you spend public money on mega sports events.
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The shocking reason why some Nepalese workers can't go to earthquake victims' funerals
Tens of thousands of workers on the 2022 football World Cup in Qatar cannot get home to see their families and attend funerals in the wake of last month’s Nepal earthquake.
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German TV Program Shows Qatar Slave Conditions, More FIFA Corruption
FIFA is horrible and untold numbers of people will needlessly die so Qatar can have its soccer stadiums for the World Cup. You know that already, but sadly there’s always more corruption and exploitation to expose when it comes to FIFA. The latest details comes from a pair of German networks, ARD and WDR. Journalists working on the project said they were detained, had all their material erased, and their equipment demolished while shooting in Qatar.
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When the going gets tough, Klopp pulls out
Last week's announcement that Jürgen Klopp will leave Dortmund at the end of the season came as a shock but was also foreseeable. His reputation is intact and he can now scour the market for possible
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An Innovative Invitation: The Watney Mann Invitation Cup 1970-1973
Penalties are part of the game since 1891, just over 120 years. Yet, penalty shoot outs were introduced much later. The stage was a little known tournament in England that proved to be innovative then
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Empty grounds & bus depots in Brazil
Since exiting their own World Cup in unforgettably humiliating fashion, hammered 7-1 by eventual champions Germany, Brazil have recovered a degree of self-esteem with seven successive victories, most recently a 3-1 win over France on Thursday. The team have a new coach and appear to have moved on, a process that will continue when they play Chile in London on Sunday.
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FIFA says 2022 World Cup final in Qatar will be on Dec. 18
The final of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will be on Dec. 18, the country’s national holiday. FIFA confirmed on Thursday the date of the world’s most watched sports event more than four years after it controversially chose the tiny Gulf emirate as host. Finally, Qatar got its reward for enduring an investigation into alleged corruption in the bidding process, and a European-led furor over moving the World Cup from its traditional June-July period.
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Migrant workers in Doha: They treat us like animals
They went to one of the richest countries in the world in pursuit of happiness. But their dreams were shattered as the hard reality awaited them in Qatar. Svenska Dagbladet has been given a unique insight into the conditions of the migrant workers in the capital Doha where the price for the World Cup in 2022 is paid for with human lives.
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Gays should avoid 2022 World Cup in Qatar
Sports minister is less than reassuring about how gay fans will be treated at the event. If you are a gay soccer fan and love the World Cup, watching at home on TV would be highly recommended over traveling to Qatar, where gay sex is illegal. Comments by the country's sports minister to the Associated Press did little to calm the sense that gays aren't welcome.
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Qatar 2022 World Cup set for switch to start or end of year
FIFA has announced that two options have emerged as the most likely dates for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar - and both are in the winter.
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"Qatar will not host World Cup" - FIFA's Zwanziger
The 2022 World Cup will not be held in Qatar because of the scorching temperatures in the Middle East country, FIFA Executive Committee member Theo Zwanziger said on Monday. "I personally think that in the end the 2022 World Cup will not take place in Qatar," the German told Sport Bild on Monday.
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Fifa accused of cover up as it emerges World Cup bid report to be kept secret
Investigation in alleged corruption around bids for 2018 and 2022 World Cups will never be made public says Fifa ethics chief
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A shiny, new World Cup city
If you're trying to create the perfect 21st-century city, it helps to start with a blank slate. Even if that slate is a sweltering strip of sand. That's essentially what the government of Qatar and its developers are trying with Lusail, an ambitious planned city on 28 square miles of waterfront desert along the Persian Gulf.
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Real confirm Rodriguez arrival
Real Madrid have agreed a deal to sign FIFA World Cup adidas Golden Boot winner James Rodriguez from Monaco on six-year contract, the European champions have announced.
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Missing Trader Who Wanted To Motorcycle To The World Cup Found Dead In Mexico
The remains of 33-year-old stock trader Harry Devert were discovered in Mexico, NBC New York reports, citing authorities. Harry Devert, a Westchester native who worked as a trader for H&H Capital, was riding his motorcycle from New York to Brazil for the World Cup.
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Best goals World Cup 2014 flipbook
The World Cup in Brazil was nothing short of a fantastic! Therefore we recreated the three greatest goals of the tournament as a flipbook. A big thank you to all teams that participated and of course STABILO would like to congratulate Germany with their victory in the finals as well.
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All 171 World Cup Goals, Ranked
Here are all of the goals scored at the 2014 World Cup, ranked from best to least-best.
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