: Fifa World Cup: Football takes center-stage in Qatar, defending champions France dealt Benzema blow #IndiaNEWS The World Cup kicks off with host nation Qatar facing Ecuador on Sunday as the month-long

Fifa World Cup: Football takes center-stage in Qatar, defending champions France dealt Benzema blow #IndiaNEWS
The World Cup kicks off with host nation Qatar facing Ecuador on Sunday as the month-long football showpiece finally gets under way after a tortuous 12-year build-up dogged by off-field controversies.Foreign government officials, VIPs and celebrities will be in the crowd as the first World Cup staged in the Arab world opens at the Bedouin tent-inspired Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, 50 kilometres (31 miles) outside of Doha.The venue is one of an array of new stadiums built for the tournament, which has cost Qatar an estimated 0 billion, the most expensive World Cup in history.South Korean K-pop star Jung Kook will headline the 30-minute opening ceremony, which organisers said Sunday would reflect themes of “humanity, respect and inclusion???.The list of foreign dignitaries at Sunday’s opening includes Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who orchestrated a regional blockade of Qatar in 2017. World Cup organisers hope the start of the football will quell the controversies that have overshadowed preparations for the tournament ever since Qatar was named as host nation in a shock FIFA vote in 2010.Qatar’s treatment of migrant workers and the Gulf state’s human rights record have dominated the pre-tournament headlines.On Saturday, FIFA president Gianni Infantino went on the offensive in an...Read more

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