More Than 1,300 Fans Banned From World Cup by UK Home Office

More Than 1,300 Fans Banned From World Cup by UK Home Office
Khalifa International Stadium—FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Stadium, in Doha, Qatar, on Sept. 29, 2022. Mohammed Dabbous/Reuters
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More than 1,300 fans from England and Wales with banning orders will not be allowed to travel to Qatar for this year’s World Cup, the UK’s Home Office has said.

The new measures, which come into effect from Friday, prevent supporters with a history of soccer-related violence from making the trip to the sport’s showpiece event, which kicks off on Nov. 20 and runs till Dec. 18.