Reports circulating this week that Visit Saudi, the official tourism board of Saudi Arabia, would sponsor the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup prompted an eruption of outrage in the soccer world and a loud protest on Wednesday by host nations Australia and New Zealand that they were not involved in the approval process.
World Cup celebrations in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Tuesday attracted millions of people and left “unimaginable” damage in their wake, government officials said.
Argentina obtained Its long sought-after third FIFA World Cup victory on Sunday, leaving the nation’s leftist government to pay back its promise to solve inflation only after the Cup returned to Buenos Aires.
Argentina’s Emiliano Martinez put the hand-shaped trophy to his crotch and made a pumping gesture, shocking everyone in the stadium.
LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — Lionel Messi’s once-in-a-generation career is complete. The Argentina superstar is finally a World Cup champion.
The international soccer organization FIFA denied a request from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to address viewers of Sunday’s World Cup final in Qatar, left-wing outlet CNN reported on Friday.
A teenage boy was killed after being run over by a car as riots broke out following France’s victory over Morocco in the World Cup.
Gary Lineker, a white British soccer reporter, went on an anti-American tirade this week branding the United States “extraordinarily racist.”
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — A security guard died after suffering a fall at a World Cup stadium in Qatar, tournament organizers said on Wednesday.
Grant Wahl, the 49-year-old American soccer journalist who suddenly collapsed and died while covering the World Cup in Qatar on Friday, died from an aortic aneurysm, according to his wife.
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
The ‘Washington Post’ was forced to correct a piece that inaccurately cited the number of blacks living in Argentina.
A second sports journalist has died in Qatar while covering the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
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.
Moroccan football fans rioted in France and Italy on Tuesday, attacking police, setting off fireworks, and smashing objects in several cities.
A former soccer star for Cameroon and current national team president was involved in a fight where he appeared to kick a man in the face outside the World Cup on Monday night.
New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez had a fever for the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team, but missed the World Cup hype by just a day.
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 U.S. Women’s National Team will rake in millions thanks to the new profit-sharing agreement with the Men’s team in this year’s World Cup.
State security forces assassinated a 27-year-old Iranian man in Northern Iran as he celebrated his country’s loss to the United States in the World Cup, according to unconfirmed reports.
A former intelligence officer with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) says that Iranian soccer players could face punishment from their own government after getting eliminated from the World Cup following their 1-0 loss to the United States on Tuesday.
U.S. soccer star Christian Pulisic sacrificed his body – including some of the more crucial parts of his body – in order to score a goal against Iran and keep America’s World Cup dreams alive.
Qatar has been cooperating with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to ensure positive coverage for the Iranian regime by providing the names of fans who have purchased tickets to games and by restricting the number of media outlets allowed to cover the games, according to a report.
Images of FIFA World Cup coverage on China’s state broadcaster appeared to remove crowd shots showing large groups of people gathering without wearing sanitary masks, multiple international outlets observed this weekend.
Former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair has told Britons not to criticise World Cup hosts Qatar too much, saying that the Arab nation frequently invests in the UK.
Families of the Iranian national soccer team have been threatened with imprisonment and torture for any “misbehavior” leading up to their World Cup match against the United States on Tuesday.
An activist ran across the field putting a halt to Monday’s World Cup game between Portugal and Uruguay to protest for gay rights.
Supporters of the Morocco football team rioted in Brussels on Sunday to celebrate their victory over their host country, Belgium.
True to their word, the UK team took a knee ahead of its game against the U.S. Men’s National Team at the World Cup in Qatar.
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.
England fans have been dressing as crusader icon St. George for years, but now fans are being warned to leave their chain mail home.
The Mideast Islamist state of Qatar has faced years of criticism for its widely documented human rights abuses and accusations of bribery after FIFA awarded it the hosting rights to this year’s World Cup soccer tournament.
Qatari officials caused an uproar Tuesday after mistaking the rainbow flag of the Brazilian State of Pernambuco as a gay pride flag.
In light of the Muslim nation’s ban on alcohol sales, except for the elites watching the games from the luxury suites, of course. Budweiser has decided to award a portion of the beer they had planned to sell to fans to the team who wins the World Cup.
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.
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Discriminatory chants allegedly by Ecuador fans at the World Cup opening game led FIFA to open the first disciplinary case of the tournament on Tuesday.
The Germans lined up in the traditional formation before Wednesday’s game against Japan and each of the 11 players covered their mouth with their right hand.
