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Chinese state media on Monday enthusiastically promoted the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, blithely ignoring human rights concerns swirling around the controversial event.

MSNBC anchor Ayman Mohyeldin said Saturday on his show “Ayman” compared Qatar to the United States on human rights abuses while addressing the controversy surrounding the World Cup.

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

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.

A female reporter from Argentina was robbed on the air as she reported live among a crowd of celebrating fans at the World Cup in Qatar.

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

Qatar and FIFA initially planned to allow beer sales in the World Cup stadiums but reneged on that decision.

The Muslim country of Qatar, host of the 2022 World Cup, has taken criticism for its sharia laws against homosexuality.

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.

The Qatar Royal Family has now requested for the organizers of the upcoming FIFA World Cup to hide the beer tents erected around the stadium. 

As the soccer world gets ready for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, many ware warning fans of the things that could get them arrested.

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 Danish team has been banned by FIFA from wearing tops at the World Cup which draws attention to Qatar’s human rights violations.

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.

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.

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, the emir of Qatar, complained on Tuesday that his country has faced unfair criticism for its abusive labor practices in the run-up to the 2022 World Cup soccer tournament, which begins on November 20.

Qatar’s preparations to host the FIFA World Cup beginning on November 20 are drawing complaints from labor and human rights activists, who say the authoritarian Islamist government is abusing immigrant workers and arbitrarily detaining homosexuals.

Qatar, which will host the 22nd FIFA World Cup beginning in late November, announced the arrest of 60 protesting foreign workers on Sunday. The workers were protesting the lack of pay for their labor.

World Cup fans may find serious trouble if Qatari authorities catch them indulging alcohol or having extra-marital sex.

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.

World Rugby announced Thursday the men’s and women’s Rugby World Cups would head to the U.S. for the first time in 2031 and 2033 respectively. The U.S. will be just the second tier-two nation to host the men’s global showpiece,

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.

The national soccer teams of Poland and Sweden have refused to play against Russia during the upcoming World Cup qualifiers due to that country’s unprovoked attack against Ukraine.

The U.S. Soccer Federation has settled a lawsuit with the United States Women’s National (Soccer) Team over discrimination claims.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Diego Maradona, the Argentine soccer great who was among the best players ever and who led his country to the 1986 World Cup title before later struggling with cocaine use and obesity, has died. He was 60.

ZURICH (AP) — FIFA says Iraq is not safe enough to host World Cup qualifying games against Iran and Bahrain.

Zurich (AFP) – FIFA is weighing sending a delegation to Tehran to make sure women fans are admitted to the World Cup qualifying match between Iran and Cambodia on October 10.

Longshot 2020 presidential candidate Gov. Jay Inslee (D-WA) said Saturday that he will ask U.S. Women’s National Soccer team co-captain Megan Rapinoe to serve as Secretary of State if he is elected to the White House. 

Megan Rapinoe is trashing the country she represents, wasting a huge opportunity to inspire young soccer fans, especially girls.