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Camp Nou is the largest football stadium in Europe. Barcelona’s home holds a capacity of more than 98,000 people. On every match, practically every seat is taken-such is the passion for football shared by the Catalan people.

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4,000 could die building Qatar World Cup

The 2022 World Cup in Qatar is more than eight years away, but the human costs of preparing for the event are already piling up.

Qatar is expect to spend $100 billion on new infrastructure in the lead-up to the World Cup, and it’s been importing millions of much-needed migrant workers to do the construction. Most of these workers are from developing regions of South Asia — Nepal, India, Bangladesh, etc. — and they go to Doha in the hopes of a better life. Instead, what they find is akin to “modern-day slavery.”

Though the Qatar World Cup committee has denied human rights abuses, emerging reports indicate flagrant disregard for human life. Plus, it’s already on track to be the deadliest sporting event in history, taking the title from the previous record-holder: the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

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Some of us need to be aware of things like this happening around us

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FC Barcelona - Training Session 27/04/2015

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“The double crossed fingers [is my favorite celebration] because it’s for the most important person in my life, the person who is by my side.”

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He keeps coming back to Rosario, even when it’s inconvenient. Beneath a lot of layers: the familiar sight of cause and effect. Something about the pain of Messi losing his childhood seems to make him always be looking for it — or even still living it — whether he’s got a ball at his feet in a packed stadium, or visiting the town where that childhood was lost. He left this town as a sick little kid with hopes of becoming a professional footballer one day and returned as a champion. As a king. As a Legend.