In the week that marked 100 days since the World Cup final we look at five areas with unanswered questions
Photograph: MohanEndorsed glowingly by David Beckham on its website as a model World Cup legacy project, theCommunity Football League is a bona fide success story. It has run for six years and now involves around 2,000 participants in men’s, boys’ and girls’ leagues. The players are largely migrants; the standard is high and it functions as the country’s strongest amateur competition. But despite Beckham’s praise, its future form is in some doubt.
David Beckham, an ambassador for Qatar, at the opening of Generation Amazing Community Club in Lusail in February 2022.That has deterred at least one side from signing up and, given the low wages earned by so many workers, it appears to hamper the league’s hopes for inclusivity.
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