'There’s no difference between having anything to do with the World Cup in Qatar or having something to do with South Africa during apartheid years.'
Meanwhile, migrant workers labour in perilous conditions and anNewstalk Breakfast“I love the World Cup, I love the World Cup more than anything else - it is always the highlight of the four-year period for me,” he said“FIFA, they didn’t just give the World Cup to the Middle East, they gave the World Cup to the Middle Ages when they gave it to Qatar.Filipino migrant workers at Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar in March 2016.
There is a long history of boycotts in sport, with fans trying to exert pressure on countries to bring about political change. The United States boycotted the Moscow Olympics in 1980 after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and for many years, there was a sporting boycott of South Africa in protest against the system of apartheid.“There’s no difference between having anything to do with the World Cup in Qatar or having something to do with South Africa during apartheid years,” he said.
“We just seem to have lost all sense of moral principle when it comes to this particular World Cup,” he said.Main image: A football match with fans and a banner reading"Boycott Qatar 2022" Picture by: /dpa/Alamy Live News
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