Ammon News - After 12 years of preparations, the World Cup has gotten under way with the opening ceremonies kicking it off at Qatar’s Al Bayt Stadium on Sunday.
The 30-minute ceremony, narrated by Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman, featured performances from a star-studded cast of entertainers and singers, including K-pop sensation Jungkook of South Korean supergroup BTS and Qatari singer Fahad Al Kubaisi.
Fireworks lit up the night sky above the stadium located some 44km (27 miles) north of Qatar’s capital, Doha.
The ceremony’s theme was unity and inclusivity.
“Let this tournament be full of inspiring days of goodness and hope,” Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani told the crowd, as he welcomed the world to Doha.
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