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Throughout the tournament, numerous allegations of sportswashing and financial misconduct had been made against the state of Qatar, moving what had previously been a smaller conversation into the worldwide spotlight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe question had been asked, who \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e owns and runs football?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJourneying from Abu Dhabi to Newcastle, and onto London, Paris, Moscow and New York, journalist Miguel Delaney investigates the allegations of sportswashing and misconduct in the beautiful game. 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