LONDON, June 28 — Watford have cancelled a friendly match against the Qatar national team, the English club said on Monday after two supporters’ groups voiced concerns about...
LONDON, June 28 — Watford have cancelled a friendly match against the Qatar national team, the English club said on Monday after two supporters’ groups voiced concerns about the country’s human rights record.
“The game was never finalised and it became abundantly clear this was a game not to play; as such, the schedule was revised,” a club spokesperson said in a statement to British media. “After studying the offers... we selected some friendly matches with various European teams and Watford was not among these matches that the team will play,” the QFA said in a statement.Homosexuality is illegal in the Gulf state — which is hosting the World Cup later this year — while Human Rights Watch says Qatari laws discriminate against women and LGBT individuals.
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