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Chilled stadiums and desalinated water: Qatar's extreme lengths for 2022 World Cup turf

FRANCE24, 21 Feb 2022
From blasting turf with cold air to pumping thousands of litres a day of desalinated seawater, Qatar is going to extreme lengths to ensure that pitches are ready when the FIFA World Cup kicks off later this year in a country where temperatures can frequently hit highs above 40C in summer.
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