The sight of highly paid players wearing T-shirts to protest about human rights in Qatar before next year’s World Cup may raise a cynical eyebrow or three given the popularity of nearby Dubai — a city built almost entirely by exploited migrant workers — being known as the footballers’ playground of choice. Nevertheless, it seems the world of football has woken up to the fact that the most controversial World Cup in history will be taking place in less than two years’ time, and that since Qatar won the Fifa vote in December 2010 many of the important issues surrounding the tournament have not been addressed properly. SponsoredSo far the Norway, Germany and Holland teams have made human-rights demonstrations before their World Cup qualifiers.

Source: The Times March 30, 2021 10:52 UTC