Tag: Qatar
Sweden waives Qatar tour after scathing criticism
The Swedish selection will not go to Qatar next January, as it has been doing since 2019. After a discussion on Tuesday evening with the representative of the country’s clubs,…
Comment on Qatar in football: the emirate can do what it wants – sport
And the winner is … Qatar! This time, no official representative of the world football association holds a slip of paper in the air, as in December 2010, when the…
Delegation in Qatar: How the Taliban present themselves in Doha
As of: 08/29/2021 4:58 a.m. Two weeks after the fall of Kabul, the world is still puzzling over how rigid the Taliban will govern. In Qatar, where a Taliban delegation…
Migrants in Qatar: Amnesty calls for workers’ deaths to be educated
As of: 08/26/2021 3:07 p.m. In a new report, Amnesty has made serious allegations against Qatar, the host of the soccer World Cup: the deaths of thousands of people have…
Amnesty calls on Qatar to (seriously) investigate the deaths of migrant workers
Human rights organization Amnesty International on Thursday called on Qatar, which is hosting the FIFA World Cup in 2022, to investigate the deaths of migrant workers, citing a series of…
Comment on PSG transfer: If it says Messi, Qatar is inside – sport
So Paris Saint-Germain – but that’s just the sophisticated brand label behind which Lionel Messi’s new employer is hiding: not the city of fashion and light, but the petrodollar emirate…
DFB and Qatar Airways: A sensitive denial – sport
For a week, the German Football Association and Qatar Airways were silent on the growing political debate about a possible advertising partnership between the DFB and the state-owned company on…
Djamel Benlamri is already leaving Lyon to join Qatar SC
Djamel Benlamri’s first European experience, at the age of 30, was (very) short. Great architect of Algeria’s victory at the 2019 African Cup of Nations, the central defender has indeed…
Akbar al-Baker, controversial head of Qatar Airways – opinion
Akbar al-Baker’s career and the rise of the Emirate of Qatar have parallels – for better or for worse. 30 years ago only the Sheraton Hotel towered over the beach…
Qatar wants all supporters to be vaccinated against Covid-19
Al Rayyan Stadium is one of the venues that will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. – Hussein Sayed / AP / Sipa Qatar is in discussions with…