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Video/Pictures - Prelude To The FIFA World Cup

 The 2022 FIFA World Cup is less than a week away.

The FIFA World Cup begins in Qatar next week, from 20 November 2022 to 18 December 2022. 

The epic event will see, football lovers around the globe staying glued to their Television sets for this period.

The authorities have put in place flat-screen TVs in between rows to ensure spectators get a better viewing of their favourite football players and football team.

See the Video Below:

The game is expected to attract 1.2 million football fans.

Qatar has taken great care in ensuring that viewers and guests are given the best experience of a lifetime. Imagine a stadium with built-in accommodation as seen in the video below:

Eight stadiums in Doha will host 64 matches at the World Cup.

See the Pictures Below:

The tournament is being held in one location. This will allow fans to attend more than one game a day, with the venues a maximum of an hour's drive from each other.

Video - A Drive Into One Of The Stadiums Below:

The iconic state-of-the-art Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, is the largest and newest stadium in Qatar and will host the World Cup final on December 18.

                                              Lusali Stadium 

Three cruise ships will serve as floating hotels for accommodation for World Cup fans as they arrived in Qatar. The cruise ships are from the MSC Cruises Group.

According to the estimates made by the owner of the floating hotel - the MSC Cruises Group; the capacity of the three cruise ships extends to 10,000 beds and reservations for the first week of the World Cup have reached 100%.

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  1. Anonymous16 November 2022 at 10:24

    With all this I am confused like we say in local parlance na who us for Africa. This is d life citizens first.

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