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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.

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 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.

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.

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.

The UK government has concluded that it will not regulate video game mechanics that have been linked to “problem gambling” by multiple studies, saying that it wants video game companies to self-regulate instead.

New rules proposed by FIFA, is looking to erase testosterone requirements and would allow trans players to play without restrictions.

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.

The clown show that is corporate wokeism revealed itself on Wednesday when FIFA announced its support for Pride Month.

EA is removing all Russia-linked teams from its wildly popular FIFA and NHL video game franchises.

As well as economic sanctions on Russia, several attempts to isolate the Eurasian state culturally are also underway. 

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has recommended that international sporting competitions ban Russian and Belarusian athletes.

Soccer’s governing body has reversed course and announced that Russia will be banned from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

FIFA, international soccer’s governing body, has rejected calls to ban Russia’s national team from the coming World Cup tournament.

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.

A group of women subjected to invasive gynaecological searches at Doha airport will sue Qatari authorities, seeking redress for an ordeal that sparked global condemnation, their lawyer told AFP Monday.

The former captain of the Afghanistan Women’s National Soccer Team is warning her fellow players still in Afghanistan to delete all social media, burn uniforms, and discard their soccer gear to avoid retaliation by the radical Islamist Taliban.

Olympic athletes competing in outdoor games have become increasingly vocal in their protests that Tokyo’s summer heat is a threat to their health, prompting tennis to reconfigure its schedule on Wednesday to the evenings to keep players out of the sun.

The president of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL), the regional branch of FIFA on the continent, announced on Monday that its Copa América soccer tournament would move from Argentina to Brazil over Chinese coronavirus concerns.

The Norwegian national football team donned shirts for their first World Cup 2022 qualifying match to criticise host nation Qatar over alleged human rights abuses, as Norwegian clubs call for a boycott.

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo has tested positive for the coronavirus, the Portuguese soccer federation said Tuesday.

English Premier League players will be able to show solidarity with the George Floyd justice campaign during games without the prospect of facing sanctions.

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

ZURICH (AP) — FIFA has fined Hong Kong’s soccer federation 15,000 Swiss francs ($15,100) for fans disrespecting the Chinese national anthem before a World Cup qualifying game last month.

Iranian women fans are free to enter a football stadium Thursday for the first time in decades, after FIFA threatened to suspend the Islamic republic over its controversial male-only policy.

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.

U.S. Women’s National Soccer team co-captain Megan Rapinoe wants fellow players to “change the world” by being more involved in political and social issues through the global platform provided by their sport.

MILAN (AP) — Lionel Messi won his sixth FIFA player of the year award, while Megan Rapinoe won her first at a lavish ceremony at Milan’s iconic Teatro all Scala on Monday.

An Iranian female soccer fan who set herself on fire a week ago after being banned under Islamic sharia law from watching her favourite team play has died.

The Islamic monarchy of Qatar is yet to confirm Israeli soccer fans will be welcomed into the country for the soccer World Cup in 2022.

Female soccer fans in Iran have been told they will no longer have to wear fake beards, mustaches and wigs to sneak into the crowd at competitive matches in the strict Islamic republic.

Two professors published a research paper this summer that argues that the FIFA soccer video game series promotes racism.