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Entries from February 2012

FC Barcelona & Qatar Foundation Part II: Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup and the Dirty (Oil) Money

February 6th, 2012 1 Comment

Image: a cover page of SPORT, Spanish daily sports newspaper. (Translation: Qatar Foundation will be the sponsor of Barcelona; HIGHEST-PAID IN THE WORLD) So who’s this El Barça’s extravagant new sponsor that pours £125m (for five years) onto the jersey? The Qatar Foundation, located in Doha, Qatar, is an independent, private, non-profit, chartered organization founded in 1995. According to their website […]

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