With the World Cup in full swing, we break down the basics of this year's event, including the controversies surrounding it
Twenty years after the South Korea-Japan hosted 2002 Fifa World Cup, the world's biggest football tournament made a return to Asian soil in Qatar. With the likes of Son Heung Min, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Lionel Messi, Christian Eriksen, Kevin De Bruyne, Neymar, and Cristiano Ronaldo gracing the roster at this year's World Cup, the event is bound to go down as one of the most competitive editions of the global tournament yet.
However, the lead up to this World Cup was not without its fair share of controversies.
It's the first winter World Cup
Usually held in the middle of the year during the Northern Hemisphere's summer months, the World Cup is making its debut in winter due to the Middle East's unforgiving summer heat when temperatures can soar up to a gruelling temperature of 50°C and above.