Ugly side of the beautiful game: the football world cup and domestic violence

Major sports events unite large international audiences in the excitement and fervour of watching their teams compete. The men’s football World Cup is currently taking place in Qatar. Even people who are not regular football fans are drawn into nationalistic displays of passion while glued to TV screens at home or in bars or fanatically checking the sports news. The 2018 World Cup saw over half the world’s population tuning in.