Football fans can enjoy the 2022 World Cup! The tournament will be held in Qatar from November 20 to December 18
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Qatar Fifa World Cup Ambassador Khalid Salman said that homosexuality is “damage in the mind” As the event embroiled in controversies, many celebrities and athletes have spoken out against the World Cup
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“It’s greed. They can try and spin it that they’re there to make change, but it’s bullshit – it’s about money,”
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Melanie C
Melanie C
“I will not be performing and nor have I ever been involved in any negotiations to perform. I will be cheering England on from afar. I look forward to visiting Qatar when it has fulfilled all the human-rights pledges it made when it won the right to host the World Cup,”
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Dua Lipa
Dua Lipa
“I was actually offered a lot of money, over US$1 million, to play there 15 months ago. I turned it down. It’s not right to go. And the Iranians should be out too for supplying arms,”
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Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart
According to Time, the Prince of Wales would not attend the tournament. Although there’s no official statement yet, Britain’s ITV News said that the prince has a busy winter schedule
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Prince William
Prince William
I read something along the lines of that [they] give the death penalty for gay people in Qatar, so it’s something I’m very scared [of] and wouldn’t really want to go to Qatar for that,”
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Josh Cavallo
Josh Cavallo
He will wear an anti-discrimination armband One Love at the Qatar World Cup .“As captains, we may all be competing against each other on the pitch, but we stand together against all forms of discrimination,”
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Harry Kane
Harry Kane
“It’s not something I will be backing or promoting. It’s disappointing in the sense that there’s no respect on a lot of levels, even though it’s a game of football,”
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Beth Mead
Beth Mead
Just like Harry Kane, the England football manager Gareth Southgate also touched upon the human right abuses in Qatar and will speak out on the issue with his team.