Two major u-turns, first regarding the boycott of the World Cup in Qatar, the second about VAR, has made Lise Klaveness public enemy number one among Norwegian supporters.
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Fifa president Gianni Infantino received the Qatar report in December 2023, but still hasn’t released it. Not even Fifa council members have seen the report.
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Gianni Infantino boasted that the World Cup in Qatar would be the greenest ever. It turns out that the 2022 tournament was the dirtiest in history.
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The UN's Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has considered the case of Abdullah Ibhais and their conclusions are clear: There was never any wrongdoing on Ibhais’ part. The state of Qatar and the Supreme Committee, the World Cup organisers, are to blame for the trumped up charges and his imprisonment.
In the confidential “Salt Bae Incident Report”, Fifa blamed a loyal employee, Ersan Gökay, for what they described as a “harmful scandal”. Gökay became ill and claims his dismissal highlights a toxic culture at FIFA.
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His mother sold the family home for Saikou to travel to Qatar for work. Here’s what he experienced – in his own words – in the host nation of the 2022 Fifa World Cup.
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Shahin helped build Lusail Stadium, the venue for the 2022 World Cup final, but didn’t receive his full salary and benefits. Shortly before the World Cup, he was sent home, but he returned to Qatar to claim what he was owed – to no avail.
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Despite family members and friends living under Israeli bombardment of Gaza, the Palestinian national team wrote history during the Asian Cup in Qatar.
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Fifa’s Sub-Committee on Human Rights and Social Responsibility is the latest illustration of how football has turned its back on human rights and migrant workers in Qatar.
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777 Group lost almost 600 million dollars from June 2021 to June 2022. These numbers have not been submitted to regulators probing the proposed takeover of Everton and cast doubt on Josh Wander’s claim about his company’s financial strength.
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The two teenagers worked as security guards during the World Cup. Almost a year later they still haven’t been paid and are trapped in a shelter in Doha, unable to return to their family in The Gambia.
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USM Qatar provided staff to the Netherlands and United States World Cup team hotels, as well as a hotel accommodating Fifa personnel during the tournament. Workers tell of rampant labour abuses at the company.
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