Denmark’s Toned-Down World Cup Jerseys Are Designed to Protest Host Country Qatar

The FIFA World Cup, in addition to being the world’s premiere soccer tournament, is also an inherently political event: international tensions, a murky bid system, an organization mired in corruption scandals, and the simple costs and constraints of putting the whole thing on ensure that there’s always more to talk about than soccer. That’s been especially true of the 2022 edition, set to kick off in Qatar at the end of November. For years now, Qatar’s status as host nation has been controversial: first for the manner in which it won the right to host back in 2010, and then… Read Full Article