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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Let’s be clear: They definitely wanted beer. So a group of guys from Nottinghamshire, England – veterans of boozy soccer matches back home — fumed when they discovered no beer would be sold until halftime of the Brazil-Croatia game at the main Doha fan zone, one of the few places where World Cup fans can have alcohol.

Qatar has presented its World Cup – the first ever in an Arab, Muslim nation – as a chance for different cultures to come side by side and get along

Budweiser had gone through the logistical hassle and considerable expense of transporting its beer to Qatar only to be surprised by the government’s decision.

Taken by surprise by Qatar’s decision to ban beer at stadiums, the company remade its marketing strategy in real time.

DOHA - Soccer fans at the almost alcohol-free World Cup are ready to pay high prices for a beer, a few have tried to smuggle booze into stadiums but most simply accept that drinking is off limits at the first tournament in a Muslim country. World soccer governing body Fifa reversed course in mid-November, two days before the first match...

Football fans at the almost alcohol-free World Cup are ready to pay high prices for a beer but most simply accept that drinking is off limits.

Qatars Budweiser beer ban ‘a storm in a pint cup’

Power. Hypocrisy. Control. You name it. The late World Cup U-turn sends a message on the eve of the competition, and FIFA is content to do the host nation’s bidding.

Power. Hypocrisy. Control. You name it. The World Cup U-turn sends a message on the eve of the competition, and FIFA is content to do the host nation’s bidding.