A Saudi court has sentenced 12 football fans to imprisonment ranging from six months to one year after they peacefully chanted during a January football match, according to a Human Rights Watch statement on Thursday. Saudi authorities should immediately quash the verdict, which was based solely on the peaceful expression of exuberant football fans, the US-based rights watchdog said in its statement, highlighting that Saudi Arabia was the sole bidder to host the 2034 men’s World Cup. “Jailing football fans for chants at a match is just one more reason that FIFA’s rigging of the 2034 World Cup b…