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Qatar takes final breath before World Cup plunge after 12 years of preparation and perception

On the eve of the Qatar World Cup, Samantha Lewis takes us into a surreal desert city that is readying itself for football’s biggest show.

ABC News

Middle East rides on the soft power of sport

City Voices: The World Cup is just one sign of a global shift

Evening Standard

Qatar 2022: a dummy’s guide to the World Cup

It’ll be a World Cup like no other — the first winter tournament and the most controversial. Here’s everything you need to know about the expense and explosiveness

Evening Standard

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World Cup 2022 buzz builds as Qatar welcomes football stars, fans

Residents, visitors are ready for action on and off the field at football’s biggest spectacle.

Al Jazeera

Subsidized healthcare for falcons? Qatar's love for falconry permeates its culture.

DOHA, Qatar — The Souq Waqif, Doha's ancient marketplace, unspools from the nearby bay like a roll of precious fabric. A medieval maze of narrow alleyways linked to a wide main plaza, the Souq has long served as a trading post for Bedouin arriving by camel and travelers in small…

Los Angeles Times

Inside the gigantic media city built for the World Cup in Doha with its own five-a-side pitches, giant spider and a McDonald's for journalists

It has everything you'd ever need

Wales Online

Diplomats, direct flights to ease Israel-Qatar chill at World Cup

Israel has sent diplomats to help its citizens attending the World Cup in Qatar and plans to launch temporary direct flights there on Sunday as the countries find a measure of accommodation for the soccer tournament despite having no formal relations.

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World Cup stadiums: The eight venues hosting games in Qatar

The grounds are mostly in and around the capital city of Doha

The Independent UK

Culture clash? Conservative Qatar preps for World Cup party

A recent outpouring of local anger to scenes of foreign artists and models reveling in Qatar underscored the tensions tearing at the conservative Muslim emirate

The Independent UK

What time are World Cup matches in the UK, US and Qatar and what is the time difference?

The tournament is the first edition of the men’s Fifa World Cup to be held outside of May, June, or July

The Independent UK

Qatar apologises to Danish TV channel after shutting down World Cup 2022 broadcast in Doha

TV2’s Rasmus Tantholdt was confronted live on air

Evening Standard

World Cup organizers defend Qatar residents as 'real fans'

World Cup organizers insist the atmosphere in Doha days before the games start is genuine and being created by authentic fans

The Independent UK

Boyle doubts grow, Socceroos summon Tilio

As the Socceroos sweat on forward Martin Boyle's fitness ahead of the World Cup, Melbourne City youngster Marco Tilio has flown to Doha as a standby player.

AAP

The Juxtaposition Hanging Over Qatar’s World Cup

There’s a version of Qatar that officials want projected to the world, and there’s a version that is harder to reconcile amid the pomp and poshness of FIFA's showpiece event.

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The Guardian - UK

‘It’s coming home’: Indian expats welcome England to team hotel in Qatar

Hundreds of fans waited for the squad to arrive at their hotel just south of Doha, with those present denying they are being paid to be cheerleaders

Daily Mirror

USMNT star gives glimpse into Qatar's hotel life with World Cup travel video

Walker Zimmerman has given USMNT fans a taste of what Doha is like after he filmed their journey to Qatar for the World Cup, with some interesting behind the scenes action

Daily Mirror

England stars arrive in Qatar for World Cup party after Prince William's inspiring speech

England's World Cup campaign starts in six days' time when they take on Iran in Doha - with Gareth Southgate and his 26 players landing in Qatar on Tuesday evening

Al Jazeera

Doha exhibition traces Qatar’s football journey

The exhibition aims to tell the ‘untold’ story of how the game developed in the country hosting this year’s World Cup.

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The Independent UK

World Cup stadiums: The eight venues hosting games in Qatar

The grounds are mostly in and around the capital city of Doha

Football London

Can you drink alcohol in Qatar? Rules and guidelines for fans at World Cup 2022

Football fans travelling to Qatar for the World Cup 2022 need to be aware of a number of rules and guidelines that are in place.

The Independent UK

Qatar at World Cup pinnacle after years of Mideast turmoil

Hosting the World Cup marks a pinnacle in Qatar’s efforts to rise out of the shadow of its larger neighbors in the wider Middle East

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Qatar's role in diplomacy ahead of 2022 World Cup

Qatar’s quest for global influence ranges wide and runs deep

Los Angeles Times

U.S. men's soccer embracing 'Be the Change' mantra ahead of controversial World Cup

The last thing U.S. players see before taking the field at Al-Gharafa Stadium, the Americans' World Cup training base in Doha, is the slogan "Be the Change" in bold letters on the wall of the tunnel leading from the locker room.

Wales Online

Giant Welsh bucket hat appears in Doha a week before Wales' first World Cup game

The capital of Qatar is getting a Welsh feel about the place

Football London

World Cup stadiums in Qatar: Full guide to eight venues and where England will play

England will be one of 32 countries to be playing at the upcoming World Cup tournament and they will play in a number of the classified World Cup stadiums.

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