Postpublished at 14:45 Greenwich Mean Time 20 November 2022
The opening ceremony has properly started in the stadium now. Camels and people dancing right now.
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Emlyn Begley
The opening ceremony has properly started in the stadium now. Camels and people dancing right now.
Morgan Freeman is doing a voiceover of a video with a whale shark. Which I've just discovered is a thing.
The opening ceremony is about to start. Let's see what's going on.
Oh by the way, you can watch this at the top of this page.
Qatar v Ecuador (16:00 GMT)
Shamoon Hafez
91Èȱ¬ Sport at Al Bayt Stadium
The 60,000-capacity Al Bayt is starting to fill up as we approach kick-off in the first game of the 2022 World Cup.
It's a sea of black and white for the majority of it, local Arab men and women dressed in their traditional thobes and abayas.
But in one corner of the stadium we see the travelling Ecuador supporters, who have been in fine voice.
Rest assured our team on the ground will bring you the latest from any more off-field issues in Qatar.
But for now we'll focus on the opening ceremony which starts in five minutes.
There has been so much controversy about the Qatar World Cup - issues about corruption, gay rights, migrant worker deaths, human rights and even about beer...
But now the tournament is here and it's time for the opening ceremony followed by Qatar v Ecuador in the first game of the 2022 Fifa World Cup.