[WORLD CUP 2022] German Theo Zwanziger, the member of FIFA’s executive committee the most critical publicly of the decisionto award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, testified before a European parliament sub-committee on human rights Thursday that taking the 2022 finals away from Qatar would be counterproductive but addedthat Qatar needs to show it’s an open and tolerant country as quickly as possible.

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