First FIFA World Cup to be held in the Middle East has been awash in controversy from the start of the processGetty Images
World Cup organizers made an “unprecedented and stunning request” to reschedule the start date of the tournament in order to “give Qatar, as the host, pride of place in the opening match,” according to Tariq Panja of the N.Y. TIMES. The late schedule change is “only the latest high profile question that…