Qatar World Cup Construction Called Hotbed of Dangers

U.S. involvement in organized world soccer indirectly implicates it in the string of worker deaths connected with construction for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, witnesses told a Senate subcommittee July 15.

The abuses in Qatar are directly tied to the Fédération Internationale de Football Association, of which the U.S. is a member, said witness Andrew Jennings, a British Broadcasting Corp. journalist who covers world soccer.

“The lowlifes on the FIFA executive committee voted for something which is ending up in the death of migrant workers,” Jennings told the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, ...