As many as 1,000 Qatar World Cup construction workers are receiving health checks as part of a pilot programme agreed between the 2022 tournament organisers and Weill Cornell Medicine. In a statement Tuesday World Cup organisers said workers, selected at random, are being tested for such things as diet, blood pressure, and kidney function. Researchers … Read more
Migrant World Cup stadium labourers in Qatar can work 18-hour days — more than twice the maximum amount permitted by law — an external report into working conditions has found. And half of the 10 contracting companies surveyed in the compliance report, published Wednesday, failed to give their employees even one day off per week. … Read more
An Afghan boy who gained online fame after a picture of him wearing a makeshift Lionel Messi jersey went viral has finally met his football hero in Doha, Qatar. Murtaza Ahmadi was shown dressed in a blue-and-white-striped plastic bag with Barcelona and Argentina star Messi’s name and number etched in pen on the back in … Read more