What Qatar’s World Cup Tells Us About the World in 2022

The point, artfully avoided in Western media coverage, is that Qatar did not invent the rules of the game for acquiring World Cup hosting rights. The human ... s very much back in vogue: The ... Read More

Qatar: FIFA World Cup Ending Without Migrant Remedy Fund

The tournament’s final match will be held in the glittering Lusail stadium on December 18, 2022, which is Qatar’s ... scrutiny of their human rights record, this World Cup has itself been ... Read More

Why Qatar may see the World Cup as a win despite off-field criticism and on-field failure

DOHA, Qatar — Qatar's soccer World Cup appeared to be a public relations disaster. The event has become a magnifying glass for the tiny petrostate's human rights record, highlighting rather than ... Read More

World Cup: From Messi's triumph to human rights rows, five takeaways from Qatar 2022

I know it’s just a football game, a World Cup ... Qatar's record on human rights continued into the tournament. The German team covered their mouths before their opening match in an apparent ... Read More

Brand it like Beckham: How has this World Cup affected the ‘brands’ associated with it?

Ever since it was named in 2010 as the host nation of the 2022 World Cup, Qatar’s human rights record has been in ... surrounding Qatar 2022. Denmark’s kit manufacturer Hummel provided the ... Read More

The moments that captured our attention at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar

Given all the uncertainty, protests ... has been written on Qatar's human rights record, prohibitions of stadium beer and questionable awarding of the World Cup, once the tournament began it ... Read More

FIFA’s ‘Best World Cup Ever’ Came at Migrant Workers’ Loss

In his last news conference before the 2022 World ... defended Qatar’s tournament as “the best World Cup ever,” claiming without basis that “We [FIFA] are defending human rights.” ... Read More

World Cup 2022 briefing: Qatar’s big show comes to an end

It was a World Cup like no other. For the last 12 years the Guardian has been reporting on the issues surrounding Qatar 2022 ... s repressive stance on LGBTQ+ rights, its human rights record ... Read More

From 7 billion years ago to the World Cup: Inside Qatar's best museums

With collections charting ancient geological history, oil wealth expansion and and the eccentric auto obsessions of one of the world's richest men, Qatar's best museums are a cultural cornucopia. Read More

World Cup 2022: Curtain falls on a World Cup that's highlighted Qatar's growing influence

Argentina beat France on penalties in a thrilling final, ending a tournament whose hosts drew criticism on human rights ... Qatar’s World Cup organiser, in an interview broadcast on Sky News. Read More

Every World Cup goal from Qatar 2022

Every goal at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar was ... than any tournament prior. The 32 teams at the World Cup scored a combined 172 goals. Remarkably, this is a new record for the World Cup in terms of ... Read More