UK football chief promises LGBT inclusion at World Cup in Qatar, where homosexuality is still a crime.

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Greg Clarke, chairman of the U.K.’s Football Association, promises the FA will promote LGBT inclusion with Qatar, home to the 2022 World Cup.

Human rights groups and LGBT organizations haven widely criticized having the championships in the Persian Gulf nation, where homosexual conduct between men in the country is punishable by up to five years in prison.