Stung by FIFA furore, Qatar's soft power at risk
* Qataris feel country being made scapegoat * Anti-Arab bias seen in FIFA charges * Qatar uses sport to project influence * Image crucial for assertive Qatari diplomacy * Qatar issues repeated denials of 2022 sleaze * Sports experts urge Qatar to be more transparent By Amena Bakr DOHA, June 1 (Reuters) - "It will blow over" tends to be Qatar's unofficial response to criticism of its World Cup bid, but with a FIFA corruption scandal exploding onto the world's front pages, the Gulf state has gluml
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