Three At The Back

Ep 37: Human Rights and the Qatar World Cup

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With Norwegian clubs taking a stand against Qatar's hosting of the World Cup amidst serious human rights issues, the national side took that one step further this week with their protest. Nicholas McGeehan from FairSquare, a human rights advocacy group, joins us to talk about the wretched conditions workers are living in, the Guardian report that found 6,500 people had died since Qatar was awarded the tournament, as well as Norway's response, Xavi's promotional efforts, the likelihood of a real boycott when the tournament rolls around and why exactly Qatar and other Gulf states are so keen to invest in sports. (from 30m)Before that, Kevin and Enda breakdown Ireland's 3-2 loss to Serbia, looking at Kenny's line-up, who impressed and who still has question marks hanging over them.๐๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ž, ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ, ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ. โ€Žโ€Žโ€Žโ€Žโ€Žโ€ŽContact: editor@backpagefootball / Twitter @bpfootball / Host: Kevin Coleman (@kvn_clmn) with Phil Greene (@iampgreene) and Enda Higgins (@endahiggins88).


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