Qatar’s World Cup, one year on: where are we now? – Football Weekly

Football Weekly

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🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Max Rushden is joined by Philippe Auclair, Pete Pattisson and Karim Zidan to discuss the legacy of Qatar 2022, for the World Cup, the game and Fifa. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/footballweeklypod

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0:00.0	This is the Guardian Football Weekly.
0:15.0	It's a year since the World Cup final in Qatar, a brilliant game of football.
0:18.6	You might remember it, the one where messy finally lifted the trophy.
0:21.8	It was a good tournament opportunity for fans across the Middle East to enjoy the greatest sporting competition there is.
0:26.7	Off the pitch we ran a series of specials about workers rights, women rights, and LGBTQ plus right and we promised we'd revisit Qatar a year on and find out if anything
0:35.0	had changed for the people living and working there.
0:37.2	What is the legacy for people in Qatar but also for World Football and FIFA?
0:41.8	Jenny Infantino said this was the best World Cup ever.
0:44.4	And beyond Qatar, what impact has this had on other autocratic regimes involving themselves
0:48.6	in sport and what should our role be in discussing social issues in all countries that host major tournaments going forward.
0:54.6	Lots of questions, an excellent panel to give us some answers on today's Guardian Football Weekly. Now that panel is,
1:04.8	Philippe-O-Claire, the moral conscience of Guardian Football Weekly,
1:08.0	Bonj-Savaa, Philippe.
1:09.0	Savas, saver.
1:10.0	If I voice is a bit croaky, apologize in advance because it is a bit croaky this morning.
1:16.2	You sound good to me. The Guardian journalist Pete Patterson joins us from currently in Bangladesh
1:22.9	hey Pete.
1:23.6	Hi, happy to be here.
1:25.6	Yeah, and Karim Zydan writer on sports power
1:28.6	and politics for the Guardian and the New York Times,
1:30.5	founder of the Sports Politica Podcasts and newsletter, joins us from Toronto,
1:34.6	where it is 3 in the morning.
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