FIFA have abandoned plans to stage an opening ceremony before every game of the World Cup on the instructions of Qatar's Supreme Committee.The lavish 30-minute ceremony fronted by Morgan Freeman at the Al Bayt Stadium on Sunday evening was widely criticised for hypocrisy and tokenism in Europe due to FIFA's attempt to promote supposedly universal human values, with the refusing to screen it on their main channels, and plans for the rest of the tournament have now been scaled down.FIFA had planned and rehearsed similar ceremonies for each of the World Cup's 64 matches, but Sportsmail has learned that the Supreme Committee have now taken over the delivery of match-day events which as a result will be more limited.
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