(AFP) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday waded into the controersy around Qatar’s hosting of the World Cup, insisting sport should not be politicised.
“I think we must not politicise sport,” Macron, whose national team are defending the title they won in Russia in 2018, told reporters in Bangkok.
The 2022 World Cup has been dogged by controersy, including oer Qatar’s alleged human rights abuses, suppression of dissent, mistreatment of foreign workers and persecution of LGBTQ people.
