World Cup: All eyes zero in on Qatar as football spectacle begins to take shape

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From Monday, the countdown begins. For five weeks, English Premier League and La Liga kits will be stashed aside as club allegiances take a back seat. Instead of the Gunners, Blaugrana, or Nerazzurri, nicknames of teams like Die Mannschaft, Selecao and La Roja...

Qatar pledged labour reforms and since 2016, has improved salaries and living conditions for migrant workers, among other revamps.

In Qatar, though, 20-year-old Nico has been selected to play for the Spaniards, while big brother Inaki, 28, will represent Ghana, where their parents were born. In India, fans from the small village of Pullavoor in Kerala erected towering cut-outs of Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar in the Kurungattu Kadavu river. It is a level of devotion not many can comprehend.

Dhiman Sarkar, a football journalist with the Hindustan Times, explains that the love for Brazil’s football team in India stems from their reputation as entertainers and for being “possibly everyone’s second favourite team”.

 

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