Parth's blog

We just witnessed one of the greatest football matches of all time pulling down the curtain on the greatest spectacle of the most loved sport in the world. A few quick words: The unworthy hosts : Sorry to begin with a negative, but this has to be said. Qatar was an unworthy host of this great festival of joy. Yes, they organized it superbly, but how can FIFA ignore the blatant human rights violations? Human life and freedom are sacred. We need to be more empathetic towards the migrant labourers including those who died building the stadiums, the LGBTQ+ community and the women in that country. It will always remain tainted in my memory. And I’m not even getting into the corruption allegations on FIFA for allotting the tournament to Qatar in the first place. About the game now. The giant killers : Some of the traditionally weaker sides made this world cup highly entertaining. Morocco and Japan punched above their weights. What’s even more impressive is that they didn’t just sit deep to ...