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World Cup: Our football writer鈥檚 five stages of grief

The twelve year road to the Qatar World Cup took a writer through the stages of grief.

In the twelve years since Qatar was awarded the World Cup, a number of questions have been raised about the appropriateness of hosting the tournament there. For one Times sports writer preparing to cover the tournament, it鈥檚 taken him through the five stages of grief.

Guest: Matt Dickinson, senior sports writer, The Times.

Host: David Aaronovitch.

Clips: TalkSport, Sky Sports News, RTE, Sky News, FA TV, ABC News, Euronews, DW News, Channel 4 News, ITN, CGTN, Sky Sports, Visit Qatar, Times Radio, Reuters, CBS News.

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