World Cup

Migrant workers in Qatar have faced worsening conditions since the FIFA World Cup, a group of eight global union federations said on Wednesday. On the eve of FIFA’s 73rd Congress in Rwanda, the Global Union Federations issued a statement…
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Just Fontaine, the French soccer great who scored a record 13 goals at the 1958 World Cup, has died. He was 89. Fontaine’s former club Reims and the French soccer federation confirmed his death on Wednesday. Fontaine took six games to…
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Lionel Messi may be in doubt as to whether he’ll be still playing for Argentina at the 2026 World Cup but he’s sure about one thing: He wants Lionel Scaloni to stay on as head coach until then, regardless. The 35-year-old Messi led…
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FIFA says the new ball, named Al Rihla or ‘the journey in Arabic, travels faster than any other in the World Cup tournament’s history. Goalkeepers are facing an ever tougher task at the Qatar World Cup 2022 tournaments as the balls…
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Cristiano Ronaldo retains the support of his Portugal teammates despite his recent problems, midfielder Bernardo Silva said as the side prepare for their eighth World Cup tournament in Qatar. “The reality is when you’ve got a player like…
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The 2022 World Cup in Qatar will witness the introduction of a new service in the tournament, making it the first World Cup in which this service appears. According to what was announced by the FIFA website, this edition of the tournament…
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Khaled Abdel Rahman Al-Nama, the official spokesman for the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy and Qatar Airways, confirmed that the entry of Gulf nationals to Qatar during the World Cup will be with passports. According to Al-Sharq…
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Japanese referee Yoshimi Yamashita agrees with Pelé or whoever it was decades ago that first described soccer as the “beautiful game.” Yamashita is one of three women picked by FIFA to be referees at the men’s World Cup in Qatar, which…
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The German Football Association announced that it would not punish a number of fans who raised a banner calling for a boycott of the World Cup in Qatar during the German team's match against its Italian counterpart in the European Nations…
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Australia qualified for a fifth straight World Cup after a 5-4 penalty shootout win over Peru in their intercontinental playoff on Monday. The teams failed to score in regulation and extra time at Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, and goalkeeper…
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