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TheChelseaBlues said:
Wheres the 'its happening' gif?
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Here it is

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"Migrant labourers in Qatar say they are being paid to fill empty seats at football matches featuring the Spanish star Xavi Hernández, who was signed to boost local interest in the game before the Gulf state hosts the 2022 World Cup.

Xavi, 35, is a World Cup winner and former Barcelona captain. At an evening match between his side Al Sadd and rivals Al Ahli last month, groups of “fans” told the Guardian they had been paid about £5 to attend or had been given free tickets.

They included several African security guards, who wore white robes they said helped them look more like Qataris. Indian construction workers said they had been paid chant football songs in Arabic they had been taught but did not understand.

An entire end – about 1,000 spectators – comprised builders from south Asia. Musicians with drums and pipes had been hired to “create atmosphere”.

“We are here for the money,” said Kumar, an Indian builder who had been bussed in from a labour camp. “They pay 30 riyals (£5) per match. They teach us the clapping actions and some songs. They think with the World Cup people will worry that there will be nobody to watch the matches so that is why they do this.”

Lolz. I have a feeling the amount of Kumars working in Qatar may shrink soon.

 
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TheChelseaBlues said:
"Migrant labourers in Qatar say they are being paid to fill empty seats at football matches featuring the Spanish star Xavi Hernández, who was signed to boost local interest in the game before the Gulf state hosts the 2022 World Cup.

Xavi, 35, is a World Cup winner and former Barcelona captain. At an evening match between his side Al Sadd and rivals Al Ahli last month, groups of “fans” told the Guardian they had been paid about £5 to attend or had been given free tickets.

They included several African security guards, who wore white robes they said helped them look more like Qataris. Indian construction workers said they had been paid chant football songs in Arabic they had been taught but did not understand.

An entire end – about 1,000 spectators – comprised builders from south Asia. Musicians with drums and pipes had been hired to “create atmosphere”.

“We are here for the money,” said Kumar, an Indian builder who had been bussed in from a labour camp. “They pay 30 riyals (£5) per match. They teach us the clapping actions and some songs. They think with the World Cup people will worry that there will be nobody to watch the matches so that is why they do this.”

Lolz. I have a feeling the amount of Kumars working in Qatar may shrink soon.
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This is that same game....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HcheEpxmUM

 
The latest from Blatter.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35618619

Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter has insisted the vote to host the 2022 World Cup was not fixed, saying: "You cannot buy a World Cup."

The 79-year-old protested his innocence of corruption allegations as he awaits the outcome of an appeal against an eight-year ban from the sport.

"I am sure there is justice in this world and that I have committed nothing which goes to criminal law," he said.

Football's governing body will elect a successor to the Swiss on February 26.

Blatter won a fifth Fifa presidential election in May but was banned for eight years for a "disloyal payment" of £1.3m to Uefa president Michel Platini.

He is also under investigation for alleged criminal mismanagement, but has always denied any wrongdoing.

Speaking to The Times, Blatter claimed that former French president Nicolas Sarkozy asked Platini not to vote for the United States to host the 2022 World Cup, which was eventually awarded to Qatar. The Frenchman previously denied this.

Blatter said: "You cannot buy a World Cup, it will go at the end where the higher political influences are.

"For 2022, Platini at least had the courtesy to phone me and say, 'now we have had a meeting with the head of state and if the head of state is asking me to support France for different reasons then I will'. He said 'my vote will not be for the Americans'.

"I knew then there would be a problem. We tried but it was too late."

Blatter returned to Fifa headquarters this week as his appeal was heard, with Fifa's ethics committee hoping to increase his punishment to a lifetime ban.

He said: "I have killed nobody, I have not robbed a bank, I have not taken any money from anywhere and I was even treating well all my ex-girlfriends.

"It's true. They defend me. One I was married to only for a few months and she is really defending me."

Prince Ali bin al-Hussein, Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa, Gianni Infantino, Tokyo Sexwale and Jerome Champagne are the five candidates to replace Blatter as president.


 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35640020

Lawyers for Fifa presidential candidate Prince Ali bin al-Hussein say they have made an official request for Friday's election to be suspended.

Prince Ali, 40, is unhappy with voting arrangements so he has taken his case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

The Jordanian's plea for transparent voting booths was rejected by world football's election commission.

Prince Ali is one of five contenders looking to succeed Swiss Sepp Blatter, who is stepping down after 18 years.

He is up against South African businessman Tokyo Sexwale, Asian Football Confederation president Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa, former Fifa deputy general secretary Jerome Champagne and Uefa general secretary Gianni Infantino.

Why transparent booths?Ali wants to ensure delegates do not photograph their ballot papers when they choose the next president.

This, he believes, would prevent them from coming under pressure to produce evidence of their vote to interested parties - and ensure the election is transparent, too.

However, Fifa rejected his proposal and will instead ask voters to leave their mobile phones outside while choosing between the five candidates.

What go to Cas?Prince Ali's lawyers want "a fair electoral process" and think Fifa's request for voters to leave their phones behind when they vote is "not sufficient".

They claim Fifa's "behaviour" denies "any right to a fair and transparent voting process".

As a result, they are now seeking provisional measures before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) to suspend Friday's election.


 
FIFA could be set for more trouble after it was confirmed that Qatari officials have decided to ban alcohol in streets and other public places in the capital, Doha, during the 2022 World Cup.

The decision, which is unlikely to be welcomed by foreign fans, could be extended to inside the stadiums during the tournament.

:laugh2: :face_palm:

http://on.rt.com/7uoc

 
Who would have thought a country that adheres to the Wahhabi strand of thinking would ban alcohol? :rolleyes:

 
It would be great if fans around the world could organise a boycott and all agree to not turn up at all.

 
coco said:
It would be great if fans around the world could organise a boycott and all agree to not turn up at all.
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I already announced a boycott. I won't be travelling there (d'oh :)) and won't be watching any tv coverage. I'm shocked that there is no global outrage over the fact that they are basically using slaves to build the stadiums. That's the real scandal not the beer ban.

 
It's still a long way off but as things stand I'm not going to be watching it. That's not a big sacrifice for me though to be honest.

 
I won't watch or attend either. Then again the US doesn't look like they'll be playing in it anyway atm so no big deal!

 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-38905510

Qatar is spending almost $500m (£400m) a week on major infrastructure projects as it prepares for the 2022 Fifa World Cup, its finance minister has said.

Ali al-Emadi expected spending to continue at that level for three to four years as new stadiums, motorways, rail links and hospitals are built.

More than $200bn (£160bn) will be spent in total by the gas-rich emirate.

But Mr Emadi denied that the plans would make the 2022 tournament the most expensive World Cup yet.

The 2014 World Cup in Brazil is reported to have cost $11bn (£8.8bn) to host, while Russia increased government spending on the 2018 World Cup by $321m to $10.7bn.

Brazil struggled to get many of its stadiums ready, but Mr Emadi told reporters in Doha on Tuesday that Qatar had already awarded 90% of the contracts for 2022 projects and that two-thirds would be delivered within the next 24 months.

"We are giving ourselves a good chance to deliver things on time," he added. "We don't want to be in a place where we start painting when people are coming to the country."

n order to achieve this, contractors have brought in hundreds of thousands of migrant workers, mainly from South Asian nations, who human rights groups say have been exploited and forced to work under dangerous conditions.

Qatar's government has denied the workers are exploited and in December it implemented reforms designed to improve the rights of the migrant workers.

Mr Emadi said the money for the World Cup projects had been protected from cuts to the national budget caused by low oil and gas prices.

Last year, Qatar had an estimated budget deficit of more than $12.8bn, and the 2017 budget has a projected deficit of $7.8bn.

The pressure on the state finances is now easing because of higher oil prices, and Mr Emadi said Qatar might not need to issue international bonds this year.

 
 
Yes just been reading on the alternative news fronts everyone seems to be distancing themselves from Qatar........................  

 
Shouldn't be happening in the first place. Says all you need to know that Qatar Airways is the official airline of FIFA

 
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