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WELL, it’s almost here.
The Qatar World Cup is upon us and the opening match will be played next weekend.
Since they were controversially handed the tournament in 2010 (where have the last 12 years gone?) by Fifa, the tiny Gulf state has been firmly under the microscope.
Whether it be the human-rights abuses of the regime, the deaths of thousands of migrant workers or the fact that being gay is a ‘crime’ which potentially carries the death penalty, it ain’t pretty.
The organisers had been trying to make the right noises earlier in the year, but the mask has slipped recently, particularly over some outrageous comments on homosexuality from a World Cup ‘ambassador’.