How did this small, Middle Eastern autocracy, with no international soccer pedigree or modern stadium infrastructure, land the ultimate international sporting competition: the 2022 FIFA World Cup? Money. Lots of money.
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09/01/22 • 44 min
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Lords of Soccer - Qatar 2022
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The circular conveyor belt a cabman Dou's Trobooven International Airport is chaos. Passengers returning from Qatar elbow for room to grab their cellophane wrap suitcases and battered cardboard boxes filled with expensive and hard to get stuff like flat screen TVs, mobile phones, and designer clothes. But in this clamor you'll find another type of traveler, eyes swollen with grief, clutching crumpled tissues, reaching into the jumbled mess of lug
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