Soccer-No alcohol sales permitted at Qatar's World Cup stadium sites


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - 974 Stadium, Doha, Qatar - November 17, 2022 General view outside the stadium ahead of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 REUTERS/Marko Djurica

DOHA (Reuters) -Alcoholic beer will not be sold at Qatar's World Cup stadiums, world soccer governing body FIFA said on Friday, a last minute reversal which raised questions among some supporters about the host country's ability to deliver on promises to fans.

The announcement comes two days before Sunday's kickoff of the World Cup, the first to be held in a conservative Muslim country with strict controls on alcohol, the consumption of which is banned in public.

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