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Fans, fun, fireworks: Qatar World Cup 2022 enjoys rare moment of normality

Matches kick off with fan zones looking like construction sites, persistent fears over how gay fans will be treated and concerns over human rights abuses

The Guardian - UK

Catch-up on 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup: From the key matches and moments, to the controversy around Qatar

From the matches and moments to keep an eye on, to a bit of World Cup trivia to test your skills, here's your quick guide to this year's tournament.

ABC News

Crowded fan zone turns thousands away before Qatar World Cup

Authorities have turned away thousands of fans from a concert celebrating the World Cup beginning the next day in Qatar

The Independent UK

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'Qatar is a tour de farce in the world of football and unsuitable for a tournament'

There is currently no excitement or festivities surrounding the World Cup in Qatar and the country is only hosting it because it offered the most money, writes Mark Steel

Daily Mirror

Fans give frothy welcome to first World Cup beers

Doha (AFP) - Thousands of football fans queued Saturday to get the first beers served at the official World Cup fan zone after sales were banned around stadiums in Islamic Qatar.

AFP

Gianni Infantino does his Football Jesus act during strange monologue on Qatar

Fifa’s leader revealed himself in all his marzipan ooze, shifting shape but oddly lost and angry ahead of this reeling World Cup

The Guardian - UK

Christian Eriksen’s miraculous return leading Denmark’s challenge to elite

Denmark are a force to be reckoned with as pride, togetherness and skill have coalesced since their talisman’s cardiac arrest

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FIFA president Gianni Infantino says Europeans should look at themselves before criticising Qatar

The FIFA boss hit out at critics on the eve of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar

Leeds Live

Fact check: 11 eye-catching lines from Gianni Infantino’s speech in Qatar

Fifa’s president told the world he feels Arab, African, gay and disabled, while the media are racist hypocrites. So how accurate was his World Cup monologue?

The Guardian - UK

World Cup fans locked outside fan park with no water in scorching Qatar heat

Fan parks in Qatar are some of the few places where supporters attending the controversial World Cup can buy cans of Budweiser due to the country's strict alcohol laws

Daily Mirror

‘World is watching’ Qatar, warns Peter Tatchell at London embassy protest

LGBTQ+ activists call on fans to boycott games or use social media to highlight human rights abuses

The Guardian - UK

Why the Qatar World Cup is a betrayal of everything Jules Rimet stood for

The World Cup’s founding father stood up for the working class and saw football as a place for equality to thrive

The Independent UK

‘Not the World Cup for all that Fifa promised’: GayGooners make Qatar protest

Qatar’s treatment of migrant workers and the LGBTQ+ community has been heavily criticised

The Independent UK

FIFA media chief defends 'inclusive' organisation as he comes out as gay during World Cup press conference

Former ITV Tyne Tees and Sky Sports reporter Bryan Swanson made the announcement in defence of FIFA president Gianni Infantino

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FIFA World Cup 2022 Fantasy Football - Where and how to play

FIFA is offering the chance to win tickets to the final for those who register a fantasy squad before the first game of play.

Daily Record

Scots ex-Sky Sports reporter 'feels safe as gay man' in Qatar and defends FIFA president

He addressed a press conference after Gianni Infantino launched a robust defence of Qatar's laws and their treatment of homosexuals and migrant workers.

The Independent UK

‘Diversity wins, but the unity fostered by World Cup travel may be lost on Qatar’

The Man Who Pays His Way: Bizarre beer ban raises fears about World Cup journeys

The Guardian - AU

Qatar’s resplendent welcome fails to hide what this World Cup represents

Despite the shiny veneer on the ground in Doha, exploitation lies just beneath the surface

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Evening Standard

World Cup 2022: ‘Crass’ Gianni Infantino’s Qatar rant labeled an ‘insult’ as human rights groups speak out

Human rights groups have moved quickly to condemn Gianni Infantino’s extraordinary defence of hosts World Cup hosts Qatar, accusing the FIFA president of “deflection and whataboutery" and warning that “history will not judge this moment kindly”.

Al Jazeera

FIFA president slams Western ‘hypocrisy’ over Qatar criticism

In fiery news conference, Gianni Infantino said Western countries were not in a position to give ‘moral lessons’.

Daily Record

David Beckham speaks on Qatar World Cup controversy after Joe Lycett ultimatum

The comedian shared an e-mail on social media earlier this week which he claimed to have sent to Beckham's publicist.

Wales Online

Wales to defy FIFA and wear One Love armband at World Cup

Gareth Bale will wear the armband during the Qatar tournament, despite being told by FIFA not to

Evening Standard

Gianni Infantino’s masterclass in whataboutery strikes all the wrong notes on eve of Qatar World Cup

Gianni Infantino wants football to be the only talking point in Qatar but the irony is that even the most engaging 90 minutes of the World Cup will struggle to top the extraordinary drama of the FIFA president’s hour-and-a-half press conference on the eve of the tournament.

The Guardian - UK

SAOT ain’t slow: how does the World Cup’s AI-assisted offside system work?

Technology to assist VAR is designed to ensure offside calls in Qatar are quicker and more accurate – but it is not without flaws

The Guardian - UK

I hate the very idea of this World Cup in Qatar, but I’ll have to watch: it’s the beautiful game

While sport speaks to the best of the human spirit, officials too often degrade it, says author and broadcaster Mihir Bose

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