Wales would use World Cup qualification as an "opportunity to engage" around Qatar's human rights record, according to the boss of Welsh football. Wales are two play-off games away from qualifying for the World Cup finals for the first time since 1958..

Asked in an interview with the BBC Politics Wales programme if the Welsh players would protest, the Football Association of Wales' chief executive Noel Mooney said: "I certainly haven't discussed it with the players.

"I haven't heard anything about that to be fair, that's up to the players."...

Asked what he would say to Wales' LGBTQ+ fans who might want to travel to the World Cup, Mr Mooney said: "My advice would be that they should go to the match, to the games and follow us in Qatar at the World Cup.

"We'll make sure that whatever we have to do to protect people is in place.

"This is an opportunity, rather than being negative about it, we see it as an opportunity to engage, to give our view of how people should be treated to them," he added.

The Qatar government said: "Qatar rejects Amnesty's assertion that labour reforms have not translated into changes on the ground for hundreds of thousands of migrant workers.