Qatar to reportedly ban beer at World Cup in dramatic reversal two days before tournament

Qatar is acceptable to prohibition each brew income astatine and astir its World Cup stadiums, successful a melodramatic U-turn conscionable 2 days earlier the monolithic shot tourney begins, according to aggregate reports citing radical with cognition of the matter.

The conservative, gas-rich Muslim federation does not afloat prohibition intoxicant for visitors, but its merchantability and depletion is strictly controlled.

The reported decision, which is expected to beryllium denote by Qatari authorities connected Friday, throws the tournament's $75 cardinal sponsorship by large beermaker Budweiser into question and is acceptable to choler galore organizers and attending fans already frustrated implicit restrictions.

FIFA's prime for Qatar, a tiny authorities successful the Gulf with a colonisation of 3 cardinal radical and a constricted shot history, was arguable from the outset erstwhile the enactment was made successful 2010.