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59 The world's biggest sports lawsuit is underway, with the FIFA World Cup for 2022 kicking disconnected successful Qatar. Wide World of Sports captures each the colour, contention and talking points with the champion photos from the showpiece tournament, hosted for the archetypal clip successful the Middle East.
By WWOS staff|1:58am Nov 21, 2022
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What $310 a nighttime successful Qatar buys
Inside 1 of the 'cabin' rooms successful Qatar's World Cup instrumentality colony wherever accommodation starts astatine $207 USD per nighttime ($310 AUD).
Hundreds of thousands of shot fans from astir the satellite person arrived successful Doha and been stunned to find the facilities successful store for them arsenic they prepare, successful immoderate cases, to walk respective weeks successful these makeshift cabins.
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Outside presumption of instrumentality portion cabins
Cabins are seen astatine a instrumentality colony up of the FIFA World Cup Qatar. The 900-cabin colony is built adjacent the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium.
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Birds-eye presumption of cabins nether construction
The tract of the Fan Village Cabins Free Zone during operation up of the 2022 FIFA World Cup successful Doha, Qatar. Fan villages are mini neighbourhoods, purpose-built for the World Cup, that dwell mostly of tents oregon mobile home-like structures.
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Outside look astatine Qatar instrumentality village
A presumption of what immoderate of the cabins astatine the World Cup colony look similar from the extracurricular arsenic a idiosyncratic walks successful betwixt cabins.
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World Cup information connected deck
Amiri Guards are seen extracurricular the stadium anterior to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group A lucifer betwixt Qatar and Ecuador astatine Al Bayt Stadium.
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Hollywood icon successful the building
Morgan Freeman performs during the opening ceremonial anterior to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group A lucifer betwixt Qatar and Ecuador astatine Al Bayt Stadium.
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K-Pop sensation rocks the stage
Jungkook of fashionable K-Pop set BTS performs during the FIFA World Cup opening ceremony.
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Infantino's latest speech
Just days aft a now-infamous pre-tournament address, FIFA president Gianni Infantino got connected the microphone erstwhile again anterior to the World Cup opener betwixt Qatar and Ecuador.
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Chaos extracurricular stadium
Thousands of supporters trying to entree the FIFA Fan festival successful Al Bidda with the World Cup opener betwixt Qatar and Ecuador connected a big-screen TV successful Al Bidda Park successful Doha, Qatar. Many were denied entry, with equipped constabulary carrying batons and shields lasting defender astatine the entrances and stopping supporters from accessing the dedicated instrumentality zone.
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Prayers up for World Cup hosts
A young Qatar shot instrumentality says his prayers earlier the FIFA World Cup opener against Ecuador.
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Fans afloat of voice
Fans are seen during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group A lucifer betwixt Qatar and Ecuador astatine Al Bayt Stadium.
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Ecuadorans up and about
Ecuador shot fans were successful bully spirits earlier the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group A lucifer betwixt Qatar and Ecuador astatine Al Bayt Stadium.
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Passion connected display
After years of anticipation, Qatari locals brought their champion supporting voices for the FIFA World Cup opener against Ecuador.
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Ecuador fans afloat of voice
An Ecuador instrumentality cheers earlier during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group A lucifer betwixt Ecuador and Qatar astatine Al Bayt Stadium.
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Qataris roar during WC opener
Qatar fans bask the pre lucifer ambiance anterior to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group A lucifer betwixt Qatar and Ecuador astatine Al Bayt Stadium.
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Ecuadoran passionateness connected display
Piero Hincapie (l), Felix Torres (c) and Angelo Preciado (r) during the nationalist anthems up of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group A lucifer betwixt Qatar and Ecuador.
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Qatari crashes to 92-year first
Abdulaziz Hatem of Qatar reacts during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group A lucifer betwixt Qatar and Ecuador. It was a nighttime of vexation for the World Cup hosts, who were beaten 2-0. It was the archetypal clip successful the World Cup's 92-year past that a big was beaten successful a tourney opener.
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VAR contention early
Controversy is ne'er excessively acold distant with VAR and it proved to beryllium the lawsuit successful the World Cup opener. Ecuador had a extremity ruled retired wrong the archetypal 5 minutes owed to a dubious call. Here, referee Daniele Orsato makes a telephone during the match.
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Captain leads from the front
Enner Valencia of Ecuador scores his side's archetypal extremity during the Group A - FIFA World Cup opener. Valencia netted doubly successful the archetypal fractional to springiness his broadside a 2-0 win.
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Ecuador looks to the heavens
Enner Valencia of Ecuador celebrates with squad mates aft scoring their team's archetypal extremity from the punishment spot during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group A match.
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Valencia celebrates winner
Enner Valencia of Ecuador celebrates their 2nd extremity which efficaciously sealed a triumph for the South American federation successful the FIFA World Cup opener against Qatar.
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