Decision to change date of Qatari World Cup risks political and legal rows
By James M. Dorsey
A pending decision in early October by world soccer body FIFA on whether to move the Qatar 2022 World Cup from summer to winter threatens to open debate on whether to deprive the Gulf state of its right to host one of the world’s two largest sporting events and could spark allegations of an anti-Arab bias.
The debate about the Qatari Wo…
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