<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>World Cup organizers will ban the sale of all beer with alcohol at the eight stadiums used for the soccer tournament, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">The decision comes only two days before games start in Qatar.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Non-alcoholic beer will still be available for fans at the 64 matches, the person said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The person spoke on condition of anonymity because organizers have not yet announced the decision.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Budweiser’s parent company, AB InBev, pays tens of millions of dollars at each World Cup for exclusive rights to sell beer. The company’s partnership with FIFA started at the 1986 tournament.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When Qatar launched its bid to host the World Cup, the country agreed to respect FIFA’s commercial partners, and again when signing contracts after winning the vote in 2010.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">At the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, the host country was forced to change a law to allow alcohol sales in stadiums. AP/UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>