News — World Cup

The FIFA World Cup in Qatar has been marred with one controversy after another, and I’m not just talking about Messi not receiving a yellow card for his handball in the game against the Netherlands on Friday (it’s fine, I’m totally over it). Ever since FIFA announced that Qatar would be the host of this year’s tournament, a dark cloud has surrounded these games. From migrant deaths in the building of the infrastructure required to host the tournament, to the suppression of political dissidence, to the silencing of free speech, we have seen human rights be quashed time...