Sports Desk Qatar Special: Can we really just focus on the football?

The Sports Desk

With the start of the men’s Fifa World Cup just days away, the Sports Desk are in Doha to ask whether with all the off-field issues surrounding the tournament, can we really just focus on the football?

They hear from Lise Klaveness, President of the Football Association of Norway and an outspoken critic of the decision to host the tournament in Qatar. Also from former Fifa president Sepp Blatter on why he thinks it was a mistake to take the tournament to the country, and from England and Wales fans on their concerns around going to the World Cup.

Panel: Dan Roan, Nesta McGregor, Alex Capstick and Ahmed Hashim.

Producer: Jake Katborg