![Lusail Stadium's ongoing secondary steel bracings going up, Lusail, Qatar. [Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/1-1.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Lusail Stadium, which will host 10 matches, including the final, is set to be completed by the end of the year.
World Cup
![German players staging their protest ahead of kickoff in the World Cup qualifier [Tobias Schwarz/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2021-03-26T191143Z_1082221887_RC27JM9YJ1UF_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-WORLDCUP-GER-QATAR.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Ahead of qualifiers, Norway, Germany and Netherlands footballers have protested Qatar’s treatment of migrant workers.
![Qatar has made a series of labour reforms in recent years ahead of football’s 2022 FIFA World Cup [File: Faras Ghani/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/81fec124a4c4431b898ffc1f30fcebc0_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Employees of all nationalities and across all sectors will now be entitled to a minimum monthly wage of $275.
![The 40,000 capacity Al Rayan Stadium became the fourth World Cup 2022 stadium to be inaugurated by the organising committee [Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/7R205516.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Al Rayan becomes latest World Cup 2022 venue to be inaugurated; Al Sadd beat Al Arabi to win Amir Cup final.
![Al Bayt Stadium, Qatar [Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/DSC2579.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
As Qatar marks two years to go until the World Cup 2022 final, here is a quick look at all eight stadiums
![Russian government officials or representatives will be banned from attending top sporting events for two years [File: Issei Kato/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/78a13f384d974834890d73fd292dc29c_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Original ban of four years halved, but athletes still unable to compete under Russian flag at next Olympics, World Cup.
![Khalifa International Stadium [Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Khalifa-International-Stadium-5.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Qatar will be the first Middle East and Arab majority country to host the event, promising a ‘unique experience’.
It has been designed to reduce the effect on the European football season, and organisers hope the tournament will act as a global celebration of overcoming the coronavirus pandemic.
The move to grant citizenship to foreign players as a way to lift standards has divided China’s football fans.
![European champions Liverpool will feature in the December 18 semi-final at the Club Doha [File: Andrew Yates/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/6fd3d0ac273540b0b9f90984666ffd62_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Club CEO says it has received assurances fans of all sexual orientations will be welcome in the conservative nation.
![The capacity of the Al Bayt Stadium will be about 60,000 people [Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ea140f9ef8634866b67bed1cee0f7a06_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Luxury suites built right inside one of the eight stadiums to host football World Cup matches in Qatar.
![The Qatar 2022 World Cup logo projected on Doha Tower. [Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/399818e0bd2b4cf3b74ec53642393092_8.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Official emblem of Qatar 2022 revealed in synchronised display in Doha and 24 other major cities across the world.
![The Qatar 2022 World Cup logo projected onto Doha Tower [Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/9d0a9666b34340e8b9d7e9374b92e1b1_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Emblem simultaneously revealed in the host country as well as 24 other major cities across the world.
Once completed, it will be the first FIFA World Cup stadium that can be fully dismantled.