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Oblivious Troll
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Posted 9 Years Ago
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The Guardian reports that foreign workers are being paid to watch Xavi play:
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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”.
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/13/qatar-migrant-workers-paid-stadiums-football-world-cup-xavi
Its a game for everyone. Its not pale, male, or stale. It transcends race, gender, economic status. Its for everyone.
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Oblivious Troll
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Posted 9 Years Ago
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Squires nailed it...
Its a game for everyone. Its not pale, male, or stale. It transcends race, gender, economic status. Its for everyone.
- Tal Karp
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salmonfc
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Posted 9 Years Ago
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Oblivious Troll wrote:
Squires nailed it...
Fucking legend
For the first time, but certainly not the last, I began to believe that Arsenals moods and fortunes somehow reflected my own. - Hornby
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Oblivious Troll
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Posted 9 Years Ago
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Now it looks as though Qatar's winning bid for the 2019 World Athletics Championships may have been tainted.
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/9a99ffdf3f8e472e8af113616446dfaa/coe-iaaf-could-fail-regain-trust-during-his-presidency
Its a game for everyone. Its not pale, male, or stale. It transcends race, gender, economic status. Its for everyone.
- Tal Karp
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JP
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Posted 9 Years Ago
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Oblivious Troll wrote:
Now it looks as though Qatar's winning bid for the 2019 World Athletics Championships may have been tainted.
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/9a99ffdf3f8e472e8af113616446dfaa/coe-iaaf-could-fail-regain-trust-during-his-presidency
Well that's a surprise :roll:
I honestly can't think of an entity doing more to destroy football than Qatar.
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JP
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Posted 9 Years Ago
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Actually, it's probably between Qatar and FIFA.
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Condemned666
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Posted 9 Years Ago
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This is the result of what a Qatar watch is on Google
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