Alex Webb

  • Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, speaks during the opening ceremony of the FIFA World Cup at Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. Organizer FIFA is recovering from corruption scandals that cast aspersions on how Qatar was awarded the competition to begin with. Erstwhile FIFA chief Sepp Blatter said he regretted that the Gulf country was picked as host. Photographer: Christopher Pike/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesLifestyle

    Too big to boycott: Qatar’s FIFA World Cup has been controversial, but advertisers ‘want to make the most of it’

    By Simone Foxman, Alex Webb, and others