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FIFA boss Infantino urges World Cup ceasefire in Ukraine

The chief of soccer's world governing body FIFA issued a plea on Tuesday for a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine for the duration of the World Cup, calling for all sides to use the tournament as a "positive trigger" to work towards a resolution.

Reuters

Stadiums of shame: the numbers World Cup hosts Qatar don’t want to be seen

Players, supporters and the media are arriving in Qatar this week, but the facts and figures behind workers’ rights and human rights in the country remain hard to uncover

The Guardian - UK

Fifa chief Gianni Infantino urged to end silence on compensation scheme for Qatar workers

It has been reported there have been 6,750 deaths of south Asian migrants in Qatar since 2010

The Independent UK

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FIFA chief urged to end silence on compensation scheme for Qatar migrant workers

Amnesty has called for 440 million US dollars to be set aside.

The Independent UK

There may be no clear conscience with this World Cup but we can focus on Fifa

As we consume the football on show in Qatar despite knowing the brutal facts, we should at least force Fifa to make change

The Guardian - UK

Qatar’s migrant worker treatment a red card for World Cup

The reverberations of Qatar’s migrant worker deaths will linger over the upcoming World Cup. Whether it leads to real change rests with a few foreign powers.

360info

Iran is at war with its own people. Fifa won’t let that spoil their World Cup

By supplying military drones to Russia, the mullahs’ regime is killing at home and away. The national team’s presence in Qatar is sickening and shameful

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Anger over Fifa president’s ‘stick to football’ letter to World Cup teams

Amnesty International urges sport’s international governing body to help abused workers and their families rebuild lives

The Guardian - UK

The inconvenient truth about a World Cup I’ve waited my entire life for

The difficulty of navigating a dream come true built on greed and human suffering

Wales Online

Michelle Kaufman: Panini stickers, protests, and Thanksgiving games: Get ready for the Qatar World Cup

MIAMI — The first sign that the 2022 World Cup is nearly upon us is the Panini display on the Walgreens counter near the cash register. And no, we’re not talking about the flat toasted sandwich.

Miami Herald

FIFA's former leader says making Qatar a World Cup host was a mistake

Blatter, who has long said he voted for the United States, made the admission in his first major interview since being acquitted in July of financial misconduct at FIFA.

WEKU

Sepp Blatter says choosing Qatar to host World Cup was ‘a mistake’

Handing the World Cup to Qatar was a ‘mistake’ and a ‘bad choice’ according to the former Fifa president Sepp Blatter

The Guardian - UK

Disgraced ex-FIFA chief Sepp Blatter admits picking Qatar 2022 World Cup "was a mistake"

The former FIFA president, who was banned in 2015, has claimed that the governing body initially wanted the US to host this year's tournament

Daily Mirror

Qatar 2022: A World Cup plagued by controversy from the start

Qatar was the surprise choice to host the finals back in 2010

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Daily Mirror

FA chiefs hit back at FIFA over Gianni Infantino's letter to Qatar World Cup nations

Last week, FIFA president wrote to all 32 national associations playing at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar urging them to put politics to one side and "focus on the football"

The Guardian - UK

England and Wales among 10 FAs urging Fifa to deliver on Qatar workers’ rights

Ten European footballing nations have called for a worker’s rights centre and compensation fund in Qatar

Daily Mirror

Gareth Southgate's crucial dilemmas speak volumes about England's World Cup chances

Gareth Southgate must decide whether to take the likes of Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold and Leicester's James Maddison when England fly to Qatar for the World Cup

Asharq Al-Awsat

FIFA Urges World Cup Teams to Focus on Football

FIFA's top officials have urged the 32 teams preparing for the most political World Cup in the modern era to focus on the game in Qatar and avoid handing out lessons in morality. A letter urging teams to “let football take center stage” was sent by FIFA president Gianni Infantino…

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The Guardian - UK

Gianni Infantino, Qatar and a crack team of influencers

In today’s Fiver: Gianni Infantino telling the world to stick to sport, basically

Daily Mirror

Gianni Infantino slammed for brushing Qatar human rights concerns "under the carpet"

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has sent a letter urging countries to avoid protesting against Qatar's dreadful human rights record at the upcoming World Cup, a move that Amnesty International has criticised

Bangkok Post

Fifa rebuked over 'focus on football' message

LAUSANNE, Switzerland: Fifa has called on teams at the World Cup in Qatar to "focus on football" and stop "handing out moral lessons" in a message that received a sharp rebuke from Amnesty International.

Al Jazeera

FIFA urges World Cup teams to ‘focus on the football’ in Qatar

FIFA asks participants to reserve judgement in the face of protests over LGBTQ issues and migrant worker rights.

The Independent UK

Fifa tells World Cup teams to avoid ‘ideological or political battles’ in Qatar

The winter tournament has proven controversial since Qatar’s victorious hosting bid in 2010

The Guardian - UK

England and Wales fans being paid to promote World Cup from Qatar

Some England and Wales fans are to be paid to travel to the World Cup and given free tickets to the opening ceremony but will be expected to be ambassadors for the tournament

The Guardian - UK

‘Let football take the stage’: Infantino tells nations to put Qatar concerns aside

Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, has written to the 32 nations competing in the Qatar World Cup asking them to let football take the stage and put human rights to one side

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