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A bizarre scene unfolded in Kerala, India, as mobs of fanatics of the Argentine and Brazilian soccer teams brawled with sticks and iron bars in a cemetery near a FIFA World Cup event, reports detailed on Monday.

LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — Saudi Arabia scored one of the biggest World Cup upsets ever by beating Lionel Messi’s Argentina 2-1 on Tuesday.

Al-Qaeda and regional affiliate al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) both published messages this weekend condemning the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, accusing the Islamist nation of attracting “immoral people, homosexuals, sowers of corruption and atheism” to the Middle East.

BBC sports presenter Alex Scott wore her “OneLove” armband at the World Cup in defiance of FIFA and host country Qatar.

England, Wales, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands and Switzerland have backed down on wearing LGBT armbands at the Qatar World Cup.

Team Britain is promising to take a knee for their game against Iran on Monday to protest the Muslim nation’s stance against homosexuality.

The end of beer sales at the World Cup is being felt as fans from Ecuador are making their displeasure at the lack of suds known.

The West should apologise for its history before taking aim at the continuing human rights abuses in Qatar, the president of FIFA said.

CARACAS – Venezuela’s socialist regime released an official statement on Wednesday rejecting global disgust with FIFA, the international soccer organization, for naming the repressive Islamist state of Qatar the 2022 World Cup host.

Nike’s distributor in Brazil, which has rights to sell the official national team jerseys for the FIFA World Cup, is no longer allowing customers to order personalized jerseys with “Jesus,” “Christ,” or other Christian terms following complaints from African paganists this week.

Despite promises to allow beer sales, Qatari officials have suddenly decided that no beer will allowed at the 2022 World Cup.

Authorities in Qatar intercepted a live broadcast on Tuesday evening by Danish television reporter Rasmus Tantholdt, in the country to cover the upcoming FIFA World Cup, and appeared to physically threaten him and his film crew, going so far as to threaten to smash their camera.

Argentina’s Minister of Labour, Employment, and Social Security Kelly Olmos said on Sunday that it was preferable for Argentina to win the 2022 World Soccer Cup rather than vanquish its out-of-control inflation, giving more importance to a soccer tournament than to the country’s economic policy during the tournament.

The United States Men’s National Team (USMNT) has redesigned its World Cup team logo to add rainbow LGBTQ color stripes.

A gay man identified only as “Ali” told the British newspaper i that a dating attempt in Qatar, set to host this month’s FIFA World Cup, ended with police officers gang-raping and ultimately deporting him.

A former CIA officer who spied on Qatar’s rivals to help the tiny Arab country land this year’s World Cup is now under FBI scrutiny and newly obtained documents show he offered clandestine services that went beyond soccer to try to influence U.S. policy, an Associated Press investigation found.

Qatar, hosts of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, have released a list of heavy restrictions for visitors and the media ahead of next month’s games.

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) described the upcoming 2022 World Cup, scheduled to take place in repressive Qatar, as “a celebration of unity and diversity” this week after years of accusations of human rights atrocities in the country including forced labor used to build soccer facilities.

Senegalese soccer fans used laser pointers to blind Egypt’s Mo Salah as he attempted a critical penalty kick during a World Cup qualifier on Tuesday.

Nigerian soccer fans reacted to their team’s failure to reach the World Cup on Tuesday by storming the field and wrecking property before being tear-gassed by police.