Soccer-Southgate questions benefit of Qatar World Cup boycott

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - England Training - St George's Park, Burton Upon Trent, Britain - March 25, 2022 England manager Gareth Southgate during training Action Images via Reuters/Molly Darlington

(Reuters) - England manager Gareth Southgate said boycotting this year's World Cup in Qatar over human rights issues would not achieve much overall and the decision was not up to him or his players.

Human Rights Watch has said that Qatari laws discriminate against women and LGBT individuals, while a report by Amnesty International found that practices such as withholding migrant workers' salaries and charging them to change jobs were still rife.