From the surprises, shocks and upsets in the group stages to the excitement of the knockout rounds - and arguably the best final ever - this World Cup has excelled. The finale saw Lionel Messi achieving his dream of winning a World Cup championship.
to European team captains that if they wore rainbow armbands, they'd be given a yellow card. The teams backed away from their planned show of support. Fans and journalists wearing rainbow-themed clothing either had it confiscated or were detained.
"We didn't expect that," said Piara Powar, executive director of the Fare Network, an organization battling issues of discrimination in football."We were told by the Qatari's that people who waved rainbow flags openly on the streets of Doha, for example, would not be approached. The Qatari's didn't consider it an appropriate symbol of pride in their country, but they understood [the World Cup] is a global event and they had to respect that.
The other major human rights controversy that preceded and ran through this event was the treatment of thousands of migrant workers who essentially built the World Cup. Abuses were well chronicled in the media, and to the very end of the tournament, rights groups called on FIFA and Qatari officials to provide compensation for the many workers who
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