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188. Should We Boycott the Qatar World Cup? (English Vocabulary Lesson)
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World Cup in Qatar - The Most Expensive World Cup Ever
Qatar is the smallest or most compact area to host a World Cup. The population of Qatar is under 3 million, and the land area is tiny. Every stadium is within 55 kilometres of Doha, the capital city of Qatar. They have built 10 billion dollars worth of new stadiums. Some estimates suggest up to 220 billion dollars have been spent so far. FIFA's decision to host World Cups in Russia and Qatar was considered suspicious. Sep Blatter, the man in charge of FIFA when Qatar was awarded the tournament, has recently spoken out against Qatar. He said, it was a bad choice and I was responsible for that as president at the time. So, let's take a look at
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