World Cup 2022: Gary Lineker in Qatar to 'report, not support' controversial tournament
Gary Lineker says he is in Qatar to "report, not support" the World Cup and will discuss the issues surrounding the "tainted" tournament on air.
"I am accustomed to it as I've spent most of my life in the build-up to World Cups talking about issues other than football, but when the football starts you tend to stop talking about it. But that is how sportswashing works so you have to be careful." "It didn't seem like the world objected as much as they have done about Russia invading Ukraine. You learn lessons. This is where the World Cup is. It's here and we are here to report the World Cup and not support it. We will raise the issues and talk about them.
But Lineker says players at the World Cup "can't win" whether they choose to speak out against Qatar or not. "If you don't say anything, they say why aren't you speaking up? And we don't necessarily get this in other sports. Qatar and Russia have always denied any wrongdoing, and both were effectively cleared by Fifa's own investigation in 2017.to award the World Cup to the Arab nation."now focus on the football""That was a real lack of self-awareness from Fifa to say that," said Lineker. "We have all seen the documentaries now, even though we felt it at the time.
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