Foreign workers ‘rewarded’ with cheaper tickets

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“I was told they paid the equivalent of US$3 even for the Argentina football jersey they wore when they sat with 15,000 other migrant workers in a hidden corner of Doha to watch Lionel Messi’s side salvage their World Cup hopes.”

Jita Singh, Singapore’s award-winning coach who is in Doha to watch the tournament, said he was surprised at this gesture by the organisers.

Far from Doha’s luxury hotels and sprawling new World Cup stadiums, the South Asian workers, from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, poured into a fewFOOD OPTIONSgrassy pitch in Asian Town, a neighbourhood of labour camps, is packed with migrant workers from some of the world’s poorest countries.

He said: Messi’s goal in the 2-0 win over Mexico on Sunday brought the biggest crowd seen at the Asian Town cricket stadium to their feet.“fake fans” and they readily acknowledge that they bought counterfeit team jerseys for US$3 or less, instead of the US$90 that an official version costs.”is an award-winning sports journalist who is also a qualified international coach and international referee instructor.

 

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