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Qatar World Cup 2022 Sportswashing, security and soccer
In 2014, E60 went to Qatar to report on the plight of migrant workers there. - World Cup 2022: Full squad lists for all 32 teams Their Gulf neighbors in Abu Dhabi took control of Manchester City in 2008 -- a move that Amnesty International branded as "sportswashing" -- while Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), which is chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, is the majority owner of Newcastle United, another instance that has raised the issue of sportswashing. "He wanted to open up to the outside world, so securing the World Cup could be seen as the apogee of that ambition," Doyle said. " Iraq's invasion of Kuwait was a lesson of how dangerous things could be for a small state in the region and played a role in Qatar's desire to acquire soft power, according to Georgetown University-Qatar professor Danyel Reiche, who co-authored the book "Qatar and the 2022 FIFA World Cup: Politics, Controversy, Change." She admittedly didn't know much about soccer but, along with a colleague, developed an idea to take members of Qatar's World Cup organizing committee to the United States to expose them to American sporting infrastructure and facilitate contacts within the business community. You can exit the country without approval from your employers; you can switch jobs; they extended hours where outside work is not permitted." Source - espn #Qoatan #worldcup #america
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