So many journalists have died at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar that the global soccer organization announced on Tuesday it had reserved areas in its media centers for condolence books to honor the dead.
FIFPRO responded with outrage upon learning that Iranian player Amir Nasr-Azadani faces a possible death sentence.
The embassy of Poland in France has warned Polish nationals to avoid large crowds in urban areas during the evening of the upcoming World Cup match between France and Morocco due to safety concerns. The Polish embassy released a statement
Moroccans rioted on the streets of Paris in the wake of their country’s win over Portugal in Qatar at the World Cup.
A vice president of the European Parliament was arrested in connection to a corruption case involving the Islamist government of Qatar.
United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan visited Qatar on Monday, meeting with the nation’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and congratulating the country on hosting the FIFA World Cup, the world’s most prestigious soccer tournament.
Like all good pageant contestants, Nazaa’a displayed not only dazzling beauty but also poise and grace. Nazaa’a, mind you, is a camel.
Presenters on a Qatari sports network mocked Germany’s early exit from the World Cup by covering their mouths and waving goodbye.
The international soccer organization FIFA claimed in a statement on Wednesday that it had intervened to prevent officials in Qatar from seizing “permitted items” from fans entering stadiums, a message interpreted to mean that fans will now be allowed to bring LGBT messages and anti-Iran banners into the games.
Iranians took to the streets to celebrate the United States beating their country in the World Cup tournament on Tuesday.
Socialist regional Venezuelan Gov. Rafael Lacava published an outlandish video this weekend depicting a CGI soccer match pitting himself and socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro against “angelic” depictions of former socialist dictator Hugo Chávez and Argentine soccer legend Diego Armando Maradona, both of whom are dead.
The head of a top Qatari government agency admitted this week to “between 400 and 500” worker deaths during the construction of facilities for the FIFA World Cup — a much larger figure than the 40 the Islamist regime had admitted to in the past.
The captain of the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team (USMNT) had a perfectly classy response to a troll Iranian reporter.
Arab soccer fans in Qatar are ensuring their Israeli counterparts know their place at the first World Cup in the Middle East, by refusing to interview with Israeli journalists, heckling, and in some cases, even resorting to violence.
Iranian media confirmed the arrest on Thursday of one of the country’s most prominent soccer stars, the ethnic Kurdish player Voria Ghafouri, for supporting the ongoing anti-regime protests across the country.
Louis van Gaal, head coach of the Netherlands national soccer team, made a sweet proposition to his wife, Truus, on the practice field Tuesday, which was caught on camera by reporters.
Pro-regime publications in Iran excused the poor performance of its soccer team in its FIFA World Cup debut with multiple articles on Tuesday blaming the anti-Islamist protest movement that has rallied unabated for months for waging “psychological warfare” against the players.
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.
The head of Israel’s Military Intelligence on Monday said Iran was considering an attack on the World Cup in Qatar, as it grows desperate in the face of a “civilian rebellion” at home.
The Iranian national soccer team defied its theocratic rulers on Monday by refusing to sing the “national anthem” at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
England, Wales, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands and Switzerland have backed down on wearing LGBT armbands at the Qatar World Cup.
The West should apologise for its history before taking aim at the continuing human rights abuses in Qatar, the president of FIFA said.
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.
The United States Men’s National Team (USMNT) has redesigned its World Cup team logo to add rainbow LGBTQ color stripes.
Qatar World Cup ambassador Khalid Salman got his own interview shut down on Tuesday after saying that homosexuality is “damage in the mind,” warning a German broadcaster that gay soccer fans have to “accept our rules” if traveling to the repressive Middle East monarchy.
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 Premier League has brought back the BLM-inspired virtue signal of taking the knee before matches this week for an anti-racist campaign.
Iran’s strict governing Islamic authorities on Wednesday night allowed women to attend a men’s soccer game after decades of prohibiting what one religious scholar called the “vulgarity” of such an act.
Footballer Benjamin Mendy, a defender for top English club Manchester City, is on trial accused of raping women as young as 17 in “panic rooms” at his countryside mansion.
A player for the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) chose to miss a game on Friday night instead of wearing the “Pride” jersey her team was scheduled to wear.
A soccer game in Japan continued uninterrupted last week while an active volcano visibly erupted nearby, Chile’s CHVNoticias website reported on Wednesday, noting that all athletes, officials, and spectators of the event participated in the game as if nothing was amiss despite plumes of volcanic smoke gathering in the sky above the open-air soccer stadium.
The supposedly impartial BBC has come under fire after a sports presenter criticised England’s women’s football team for being too white.
A comical scene unfolded Saturday at Estadio La Granja in Curicó, Chile, when a dog decided to steal the show during a soccer game between Chile and Venezuela, OutKick.com reported Monday
Taiwan’s foreign ministry on Monday condemned a recent decision by FIFA World Cup organizers to change Taiwan to “Chinese Taipei” on an official Qatar government website granting spectators’ permits for the upcoming soccer tournament, the Taipei Times reported Wednesday.
New rules proposed by FIFA, is looking to erase testosterone requirements and would allow trans players to play without restrictions.
The German national football team not only took a knee prior to their match against England this week but also donned the shirts of the German women’s team to promote the women’s European Championship. The German national side wore the
England’s national football team was roundly booed in Hungary for taking the knee prior to what proved to be a 1-0 loss to the Central European country.
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.
Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich has finally sold one of England’s biggest soccer clubs – Chelsea Football Club – for a record $3.2 billion.
Fans charged the field and threw flares at players following St. Etienne’s 5-4 regulation loss to Auxerre on Sunday.
