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Qatar spending $500m a week on World Cup infrastructure projects
- Thread starter TomandJerry
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studio150
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Although none of the money is being spent on health and safety and the protection of workers
Some is, but not enough. They have made significant improvements as a result of the criticism levelled at them, but there's still some way to go IMO.
turienzo's lovechild
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Australia would have hosted a fine tournament. They're sports MAD as a nation and a truly growing market in terms of football with an ever improving domestic league with a growing fan base. Plus their national team are actually capable of qualifying for tournaments and not disgracing themselves.
hart's shirt
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I'd agree with you on the (b)latter, but disagree on the former purely on relative footballing success and history.
If the footballing powerhouses of Switzerland, Japan, South Korea, South Africa and Mexico (twice) can host the World Cup, so can Russia.
Russia / Soviet Union - Euro Champions in 1960, Euro Runners-Up in 1964, 1972 and 1988, Euros 4rd place in 1968, Euros Semi-Finalists in 2008
However the vote happened to come about and regardless of real challenges such as hooliganism and racism, Russia hosting is long overdue.