Ros Atkins on: Why is Saudi Arabia hosting the 2034 world cup? | BBC News

[@hansolowe19]

The answer is "corruption".

[@خميسصالح-ل8ف]

The answer is European hypocrisy against Arab countries such as Qatar and Saudi Arabia

[@RollinRoadblock]

Dmt forget slave labour too

[@boxingsense3459]

As it is with every world cup.

[@RollinRoadblock]

Cheap, disposable labourers

[@lemdecrem1061]

Nothing new then 🙄

[@anon3631]

Ever since the 2002 World Cup, I just treat Football as an entertainment instead of a real sport. Insane amount of corruption and fraud in FIFA.

[@arostwocents]

Even the premier league is full of it. Referees on their days off paid hundreds of thousands to travel to referee in Abu Dhabi

[@LuzDoSol-yr5bv]

@@anon3631 True!!!

[@imtherealcptprice5455]

Damn so it’s ok for white basterds to host but not other race

[@bear1245]

That documentary about fifa said it all really.

[@Irishrover101]

Im more interested In my club Liverpool Let fifa do deals with the devil

[@Statueshop297]

Money, bribes, corruption. Next question

[@peterpeterson5550]

Exactly. Britanistan in general is prime example of everything u just mentioned

[@imtherealcptprice5455]

Cry

[@h17.4fakh]

Keep crying 😂

[@Statueshop297]

Wtf would I be crying 😂😂😂 I don’t care where the World Cup is in 10 years.

[@peterpeterson5550]

How funny ... the first Britanistan cried when Qatar hosted World Cup and now again. It's not their fault you're poor because you lost colonies. It's not their fault you blaming everything and everyone for your decline

[@jmurphy3350]

Not many countries can afford to put on these shows now. FIFA will keep the gravy train going for as long as they can but eventually they’ll have to go back to their roots.

[@gucciadjective7745]

Of course they can. You get massive funding from sponsors and some of the countries considered such as the US could host the games tomorrow

[@Clearvision3148]

They offered the most money in backhanders and gifts to corrupt FIFA gangsters.

[@astroboirap]

and hookers

[@shazanali692]

Imagine if some Arab came to your house and gave your two children Rolex and wife Cartier worth 10k

[@itouchdeadpigeons]

@@shazanali692what are you even trying to prove with your point??

[@elaiws4834]

This is sad , because it’s a proof you can buy anything with money except dignity and humanity

[@joehodgson2815]

Bribery: the answer is bribery!

[@peterpeterson5550]

British Mohammed blaming Saudi's Mohammed. You can't be real

[@borishelmut1819]

So hypocritical of football ‘A catalyst to positive human rights outcomes’ - utter garbage.

[@chocaholicsanon]

Are they going to kneel before games. .????? Such blatant acts of " dont look over there" look here.

[@borishelmut1819]

@ kneeling in Saudi only ends one way 🪓

[@jojichacko10]

Non payment of wages to migrant workers is regular phenomenon in Saudi Arabia

[@otonashi___]

you didn't get your allowance from your mom🤣🤣

[@imtherealcptprice5455]

Hahahahahahaha, white boy talking about salary 😂😂 I bet your country don’t pay you enough salary to survive a whole month

[@peterpeterson5550]

The same phenomenon in Britanistan

[@armaan6101]

​@@otonashi___ so mature 💀

[@Martin.Lings.]

Don’t forgot to collect your payment for this comment 🤖

[@Kieron-u7n]

They are not footballing country. Corrupt FIFA Again.

[@mkodyglobalsouthsoldier]

Well spoken​@@Graverobbert against robots commenting with bias

[@oof8850]

Ignorant comment. Go go any Saudi cafe. Everyone is watching football nothing else.

[@KINGDon-l8c]

​@@GraverobbertWales is attached physically to England the country that football was invented as a sport.....bit different.

[@joemarshallamp]

When it has to be explained, there's clearly an issue.

[@gucciadjective7745]

Remember when we all said Qatar would set a precedent. Here we are

[@disobeytoday4685]

I remember I said I'd stop watching football. And I did. Life is better without it

[@imtherealcptprice5455]

@@disobeytoday4685good boy

[@Tofaeal]

@@disobeytoday4685 You’re a snowflake lmao

[@Tofaeal]

And what a great World Cup they had

[@mhktraining7746]

Qatar was a great World Cup I won’t lie. Much better than Brazil/Russia

[@garinoakley]

But premier league players wear rainbow armbands 😂 the hypocrisy is laughable, joke.

[@Myne1001]

"FIFA, why did you think Saudi Arabia would be a good choice for the 2034 World Cup?" "Money"

[@HussainAlnajmi]

This channel has double standards, promotes the genocide of Israel, and has a phobia of Saudi Arabia hosting the 2034 World Cup.

[@phillipcarter8045]

I wonder how they will treat football hooligans .

[@ConsistentLeads]

They will be sober lol ask the English fans that went to Qatar they enjoyed it more being sober

[@markfrench9004]

If it's in November again, count me out.

[@droidhacking]

Why?

[@shylo8590]

​@@droidhackingi thought qatar was a great world cup

[@vylbird8014]

It'll have to be - a summer world cup would see visitors hospitalised, un-adapted to the heat. Even in winter it's going to require a stadium-scale air conditioner or players wouldn't be able to play at all without passing out.

[@notyourordinarygran]

You obviously don't care about human rights. How can we get annoyed with a player not wanting to wear a rainbow armband but play in a country like Qatar or Saudi?​@@shylo8590

[@minhajnizam5090]

Apparently it'll be in January 2034 so it doesn't clash with ramadan

[@merseydave1]

It stinks of money and Human Wrongs

[@eggymayo3271]

It doesn't stink of it, it literally is that

[@otonashi___]

As US is pure good country they have done the worst in modern history

[@imtherealcptprice5455]

Keep crying

[@h17.4fakh]

😂. Is the west the only human “right” place? Ww1 WW2 Invasion of Iraq Invasion of Afghanistan The Cold War Slavery Very civilised 👏

[@h17.4fakh]

KZbin deleted my comment 😂

[@Pitchin-l1i]

BBC's rascism knows no bounds.

[@armaan6101]

Racism = calling out Saudis suppression of women and illegalised homosexuality

[@HussainAlnajmi]

This channel has double standards, promotes the genocide of Israel, and has a phobia of Saudi Arabia hosting the 2034 World Cup.

[@ljchandler4876]

i think its marvellous that Saudi Arabia is hosting the women's world cup

[@ilovelimpfries]

2 words, money talks.

[@patrickabas1112]

money talks and especially with the corrupt FIFA. Lived in Zurich for 11 years, saw it all first hand.

[@thefiftyfour]

Can't wait for oil to become obsolete

[@yahyaalmohsen4331]

Keep crying

[@tameral-taher8205]

Sky news and BBC reporting is full of hatred it’s sick.

[@daledevernon56]

The reality is there are less and less countries every year that have the budget to host an Olympic games or a World Cup event and even those countries that have hosted previously for them the benefits do not outweigh the cons.

[@jmyogi17]

Will you show the opening ceremony this time?

[@bonafidemonafide7810]

There was no one bidding against them so they won, Australia pulled out due to their economy

[@thefatalityGroup]

I support their decision on Womens and gays rights 😂

[@armaan6101]

Jump

[@_AIAH_]

It's a world cup, not a "woke" cup

[@lemdecrem1061]

🤦

[@KINGDon-l8c]

It's woke to reward them

[@williamhoward7439]

Money and no morals from anyone else.

[@KayMe-vc2li]

Why does UK have a terrorist like Churchill on its £5 notes? Where’s your morals gone there? He killed millions on people through famine

[@AtifAli-dc6cr]

Saudi is fast becoming the sports capital of the world.

[@youknow6968]

Stop the massacre in Gaza before you preach about human rights.

[@armaan6101]

No that doesn't make any money, no point

[@markjones6564]

🥱

[@youknow6968]

@markjones6564 I see your mother left a lot to be desired in raising you.

[@HussainAlnajmi]

This channel has double standards, promotes the genocide of Israel, and has a phobia of Saudi Arabia hosting the 2034 World Cup.

[@escos0410]

In short Behave yourselves then no issues what’s the problem then

[@deliverinwales]

How many people have been arrested in the uk for expressing their opinion ONLINE, heres a hint THOUSANDS EVERY YEAR.

[@machidaman]

You are confusing opinions with targeting others with hateful vitriol.

[@deliverinwales]

@machidaman who has the right to say its hateful? From the cases I've seen not a hateful word was said. Like the guy who committed suicide in prison after the Southport murder protests, " I pray that your family doesn't get murdered by an immigrant, I pray I pray for you" where was the hate here ? Police said it was hateful words but what do you think ?

[@deliverinwales]

@machidaman believe it or not but hate speech needs protection the most, nobody has the right to control what you can or can't say and nobody has the right to not be offended.

[@machidaman]

@deliverinwales Anne? That you? Sure as shinola sound like it. Mad religious ravings, banal, insensitive statements about rights and offense that I think are meant to sound edgy but just make you sound a bit thick.

[@machidaman]

@deliverinwales that guy was threatening towards and inciting the murder of people in a hotel. He deserved prison. His heart giving out was just a result of being up healthy.

[@brg9327]

Why? $$$$$

[@SM-fk5or]

Executions for drug offences is why the country doesn’t have a drug or gang problem like every major city in the West

[@braveorslave]

Who gives a f about its human rights? Its football. Different kingdoms and different countries have different laws. So what. The object of the world cup is not to raise awareness for issues. ITS TO PUT ON A FOOTBALL COMPETITION. So be quiet please. Tysm.

[@kingabdoul2254]

War criminals want to lecture on human right

[@a_net5610]

Let me hazard a guess. You're male right? No daughters? You'd be singing a different tune about "different laws" if you were female. But continue living in your ivory tower, princess.

[@duran9664]

Why it is corruption when Saudi Arabia paid other competing FAs to not challenge the Saudis, while is not corruption when these FAs accept the money ?! 🤷‍♀️

[@jafooli]

These people sound great, let's import them all into UK

[@donohirst]

They come and go as they please, that's if you mean sheikhs etc? If not, give your head a wobble for hating on people who just want something better, cos you know, that's a truly reprehensible ambition?!?!

[@cryptocsguy9282]

@jafooli let's import the UK to the Americas and Oceania

[@Random__is__resistance]

Cant they banning first cousin marriage so there screwed

[@jvaddison]

It's nothing to do with corruption, it's all about SA having more money then any other country wishing to bid.

[@joebaxi01]

The corruption is giving Asia 2 world cups 12 years apart

[@disobeytoday4685]

😂 I'm not fat, I just have more fat than skinny people

[@simoncardie9371]

Corruption? I wouldn't be surprised.

[@imtherealcptprice5455]

White people When other nations host expect white nation, it’s corrupt 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@dmac9777]

FIFA is the longest free lunch for those who work there.

[@OneTrueScotsman]

Are they just going through a list of despotic theocracies? Qatar, the United States, and the Saudis?

[@PickledSwift]

Congrats to betrayers!

[@Ryanjoned163]

I know 3 facts about ducks and 3 of them are wrong

[@scotfree21]

Absolutely disgusting. FIFA is still so corrupt. Money, money,money.

[@myn.y405]

👑🇸🇦👑

[@jimmaherphotography6245]

FIFA is the most bent organisation in sport. This is disgusting

[@deanhoban9517]

Why have you not covered the tractors at Westminster?

[@boris8787]

I wish Saudi Arabia was instead exactly like my favourite town. ⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

[@jamiejosh96]

Money and corruption

[@imtherealcptprice5455]

@@jamiejosh96 white people talking about corruption. Keep crying

[@Irishrover101]

People said they boycott the last world Cup. But never did. I can't believe there going there. But money talks

[@JohnBambolino]

Could literally be a 5 second video saying “bribery”.

[@harryburns8767]

🎶 money talks, money talks, dirty cash I want you, dirty cash I need you. Woohh🎶

[@zapfanzapfan]

Well, if no one else is interested in hosting you can't really blame SA...

[@patcanavan3083]

0:25 - 0:32 also applies to the U.K.

[@TY-sx3jb]

you’re waffling - literally no comparison.

[@sandramacleod45]

How much did they pay them?

[@vylbird8014]

I tried to find out, but it seems to be a secret bid - the amount has not been disclosed. Commercially sensitive information, I guess.

[@imtherealcptprice5455]

@@sandramacleod45 your adoption fees

[@unlikeable8619]

Careful BBC...you're starting to sound 'Islamaphobic' 🤣

[@daveyjuice7710]

Good point Jack. Have we read the report on the Qatar WC which there were more deaths on site than the Saudi Beheadings total.

[@jft4771]

The answer is “Money” and corruption

[@Qoomi568]

Why is Saudi Arabia not allowed to host and other countries are?

[@leilaRostamian]

WHY IRAN NOT😢

[@samhylandmarketing]

Well, it’s a good thing the UK and US don’t sell them weapons…… oh wait 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@t1nk3rtail0r]

Shameful, shameful, shameful !

[@khalid1me]

I always feel like throwing up whenever i hear a western journalists talking about human right

[@ilirajeti4207]

khashoggi family it's invited to protests this ludicrous disaster

[@HaydenCyclist]

Nor is assange as America and britain would kidnap him again.

[@KarineLajoie-ne9xp]

Should be boycotted, players should protest fans should protest, you can’t be free in that country to do what you want

[@otonashi___]

All around the world You can't do anything you want didn't you hear something called "Law"?

[@imtherealcptprice5455]

@@KarineLajoie-ne9xp keep whining lil baby

[@qyasunceesay9608]

If they be behave like Saudi citizens I I'm sure nothing harm will be done to them..

[@markhbh690]

Any comment yet from St. Lineker ?

[@gaspernyiti2253]

:HUMAN RIGHT VIOLATION :LABOUR CONDITION :MIGRANTS WORKER :ENVIRONMENT IMPACT :CLIMATE CHANGE :LGBTQ :SUMMER TO WINTER WORLD CUP Geezy!! can they catch a break even for a minute

[@bigjohn1717]

Great news...!

[@vinniepetkov5972]

that's a silly question - they tip extra to have it there nothing else will pass as excuse no matter what they say

[@davehackney1787]

Saudi might be more secular than the UK by 2034. ;)

[@BBBBBBBBBBBX]

Why? Because nothing really matters anymore.

[@LuzDoSol-yr5bv]

That's fine. They will have 10 years to sort things out. Fifa should get on it and give these countries a chance to host. It's a beautiful party to have it in on country.

[@Ronald-o9x]

Balls 🏀!!!!

[@gucciadjective7745]

Qatar had 10 years and delivered on non of their promises

[@LuzDoSol-yr5bv]

@@Ronald-o9x Yeah. I went to Brazil 10 years ago. It was amazing!!

[@LuzDoSol-yr5bv]

@gucciadjective7745 I know and by the Human Rights violations there too. I will blame Fifa on that one that should organise an auditorium team to supervise and find these that didn't do their job properly. You can't have social media and the Internet and not give to different countries a shot. Also as well the Saudis spent 6 billion on professional sports come man. If you go, keep on your pans - man/ woman/ Gay/ Trans whoever to respect where you are going and have fun. Trust me !! Brazil was amazing !!! I am going to Saudi for sure.

[@gucciadjective7745]

@@LuzDoSol-yr5bv Of course we don't need to gove these countries a shot what does it have to do with the Internet? Who gives a shit if they spent 8bn, they don't even have enough cities they are talking about building more for the tournament. You know, like Qatar promised and never did.byou have a country that doesn't even have the cities to hold the games and massive human rights abuses, plus the need for a winter world cup, or you have the USA who could host the city tomorrow and here you are arguing for Saudi. Either Muslim or braindead.

[@Retrozoid88]

They dont resoect our rules thats our problem

[@kenbaughan8390]

And of course our football players will boycott, NOT,????

[@ananyaraizada7657]

Which country is hosting in 2026

[@SmoothTsunami]

I wonder who the ceo of fifa is

[@derosime]

The highest Bidder Briefcase Won simple as that..

[@MichaelIncey]

Money Talks please don't tell me y'all don't realise that 😂

[@jamiesworld1690]

So bbc are booking people in to cover the workd cup in 2034 I wil be there

[@etiennedeleage6804]

Bruh all FIFA truly care about is making money. I find it bizarre how after the first World Cup was held in Asia in 2002 we had to wait like 20 years for it to happen again. Plus it was just hosted in the Middle East for the first time and honestly I’m sure everyone would expect at least a few more decades till that could happen again. But no now that fifa see how they can make lots of money of course their gonna bend the rules in their favor to make asia and the Middle East host the World Cup again as quickly as possible

[@Retrozoid88]

So another mid season world cup fantastic

[@drsyn9616]

Another 💩World Cup then ,will not be watching that one

[@peterpeterson5550]

Why? because they don't let gays in?

[@Nick186]

Getting ahead of them selfs here. That’s even if we are all here to watch football

[@brownmoney27]

Disgraceful

[@usersnoozer846]

Munnie torques

[@Sha-t9f]

says... supporter of Genocide

[@divins774]

No you lot do not observe and respect our tradition what bollocks they hate us

[@vylbird8014]

To be fair, we hate them too. But we are all united by our shared love of money.

[@Skpira]

It is nice to hear these good news. A purpose is to have car world festival and running car expeditions in the desert of Saudi Arabia.

[@PRYDEEE]

Money...there I saved you 5 minutes

[@scorpiotwin]

Money talks that’s what it is.

[@slapshot0074]

Money. Next

[@johnhakansson1832]

What is bribery, and or corruption.

[@DaDonDota]

They pay the most

[@KitGoldenlance-x7w]

No beer for the English fans then that guy stole my mum's red and white tea towel and is wearing it on his head

[@KayMe-vc2li]

Disgusting BEER! Disgusting Habbits! Leave them behind

[@PWizz91]

I wonder if we’ll be taking these rainbow flags fifa love to show off?

[@PaulSmith-lc1oq]

Apart from the FIFA corruption going on,why is it still England get passed over???i understand some countries who have been awarded the rights to host the World Cup and that will contribute to the local economy,but England infact gna could host a World Cup tomorrow,we have world level stadiums even in the championship.is there corruption?!?yea maybe,will anyone with a voice stand up for it?!? Maybe not.why is what I ask.the premier league is supposed to be the goat of leagues so why is England passed over so much??

[@davidbarker9068]

Fifa is simply corrupt

[@garethsloan5118]

Money and corruption Case closed

[@peterrear2864]

Money talks .I doubt i will watch any of it like the last two