We need to talk about Qatar
Sportsworld looks at the issues that have overshadowed the build up to the 2022 Fifa World Cup in Qatar.
As the World Cup kicks off Delyth Lloyd is joined by the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔβs Sports News Correspondent Alex Capstick to examine a range of issues that have overshadowed Qatar 2022, starting with the initial awarding of the tournament, which the former Fifa President Sepp Blatter has since told the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ was a βmistakeβ.
Yasmine Ahmed from Human Rights Watch joins us to talk about the conditions for migrant workers in the country and says while they have improved, more must be done to compensate workers, and the families of those that have been injured or died in the country.
Dr Nasser Mohamed, a gay Qatari now living in the USA, opens up about his experience growing up as a gay man in Qatar, and explained what he hopes to achieve by founding the βProud Maroonsβ, a LGBTQI+ fans group for the countryβs national team.
We also examine the claims around the environmental impact of the tournament, which Fifa insists will be the first carbon-neutral World Cup, and hear from leading environmentalists whoβve told the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ that claim is "dangerous and misleading".
And we assess what impact hosting the tournament has had on the country, and what legacy Qatarβs Supreme Committee and Fifa hope it will leave behind.
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