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The malachite green marble base of a replica of the FIFA World Cup trophy, for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Trophy, is pictured at the Italian trophy and medal manufacturer GDE Bertoni in Paderno Dugnano, north of Milan. While the original 18 carat gold trophy made by Italian artist Silvio Gazzaniga belongs to FIFA and is rarely exhibited, the GDE Bertoni factory is still tasked with producing brass gold-plated replicas of the trophy every four years for the winning team.
Thousands of labourers are working through the night to finish some hotels, apartment blocks, and roads.Qatar’s natural gas riches have given the emirate seemingly bottomless pockets to pay for the football extravaganza. Qatar, with a population of just 2.8 million, is one of the world’s wealthiest countries. And comparisons are unfair, according to Danyel Reiche, a visiting associate professor at Georgetown University Qatar who is leading a research project on the World Cup.
“Together we will deliver the best World Cup ever, on and off the field,” its president Gianni Infantino reaffirmed this week. “The spotlight will be lost after the World Cup. It is hard to celebrate these games knowing that these families have nothing.”Qatar has said that much of the criticism of its record is unfair, pointing to widespread reforms over the past five years that have helped the hundreds of thousands of migrant workers in the state.
Reiche said “it is a rare one among where it is not prosecuted” and added that “it remains to be seen whether Qatar will follow Singapore’s lead in decriminalising same sex relationships”.Sitting in a cafe in the Souq Waqif tourist district, Yasmian Ghanem, a member of Qatar’s golf team, said “supporters are going to have a lot of fun” in the state.After so much spending many are desperate to see the host nation at least get past the group stage.
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