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Qatar World Cup Games Will Play to Full Stadiums, FIFA Boss Says

FIFA president Gianni Infantino. (Reuters)

World Cup matches will play to full stadiums in Qatar next year, global football body FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Monday.

“I am very, very confident (it) will be incredible, will have the same magic, uniting the world,” he told a virtual meeting in Geneva.

“We will be back to where we have to be.”

World Cup players were not a priority group for vaccines against COVID-19, he said.

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