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Paris joins list of cities to snub giant screens for World Cup fan zones

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Paris says it will not organize fan zones for the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, citing social and environmental issues. City made it clear that it is not a boycott of the event itself, nor of the Qatari regime. Some have accused the city of hypocrisy given its flagship sports team Paris Saint-Germain (PSG)

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Paris joins growing list of French cities boycotting Qatar World Cup fan zones

It's likely that many French fans will be following this year's World Cup in Qatar as their team, the winner four years ago in Russia, fights to defend its title, but they won't be doing it with other football supporters in some of France's major cities' public spaces.

2 years ago·Atlanta, United States

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Paris joins growing list of French cities boycotting Qatar World Cup fan zones

By Alasdair Howorth, Xiaofei Xu, Natacha Bracken and Renée Bertini, CNN It’s likely that many French fans will be following this year’s World Cup in Qatar as their team, the winner four years ago in Russia, fights to defend its title, but they won’t be doing it with other football supporters in some of France’s

2 years ago·Panama City, United States

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Arab News

Paris joins big screen boycott of World Cup games from Qatar

ID: 1664978727861785400Wed, 2022-10-05 17:13 PARIS: Paris will not broadcast World Cup matches on giant screens in public fan zones amid concerns over rights violations of migrant workers and the environmental impact of the tournament in Qatar. It follows similar moves by other French cities, despite France going in as the defending champion. Some other European teams or federations are also looking at ways to protest.Main category: Sport

2 years ago·Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Radio France Internationale

Paris joins list of cities to snub giant screens for World Cup fan zones

Paris, Marseille and Bordeaux have become the latest French citites to back away from centrally located fan zones to celebrate the football World Cup which starts on 20 November in Qatar.

2 years ago·Paris, France

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