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England captain Harry Kane is still set to wear the ‘OneLove’ rainbow armband against discrimination at the World Cup in Qatar despite FIFA [...]
November 19, 2022 /
World Cup
And so it begins, the greatest show on earth overlapping with one of the greatest scandals in the history of world football.
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November 18, 2022 /
World Cup
Afshin Ghotbi, Iran’s former manager, knows what Carlos Queiroz is going through.
Source: Sport Soccer-.Independent
November 18, 2022 /
World Cup
The technical advisor
Source: Sport Soccer-.Independent
November 17, 2022 /
World Cup
With just days to go until the World Cup begins there is an increasing expectation that much of what happens will revolve around how Brazil, led [...]
November 16, 2022 /
World Cup
Diego Maradona’s “Hand of God” ball has been sold at auction for £2million.
Source: Sport Soccer-.Independent
November 16, 2022 /
World Cup
First, there was the Mexican goalkeeper Antonio Carbajal. Then, after a long wait, Lothar Matthaus joined him in an exclusive club. A second [...]
November 15, 2022 /
World Cup
Over the last few months, Gareth Southgate has been immersing himself in more information than any England manager has ever had going into a [...]
November 15, 2022 /
World Cup
The Iran manager, Carlos Queiroz, cited British immigration laws in response to questions about the oppression of women in Iran, especially in [...]
November 15, 2022 /
World Cup
First, there was the Mexican goalkeeper Antonio Carbajal. Then, after a long wait, Lothar Matthaus joined him in an exclusive club. A second [...]
November 15, 2022 /
World Cup
Wales will play their first World Cup finals match since 1958 in a Group A clash against the United Sates next week. Here’s all you need to [...]
November 15, 2022 /
World Cup
England’s Premier League will provide more World Cup players than any other division, with 135 of the 831 players (16pc) at the tournament plying [...]
November 15, 2022 /
World Cup
The 2022 World Cup in Qatar begins on 20 November as 32 teams aim to reach the final and become world champions on 18 December.
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November 15, 2022 /
World Cup
England will kick off their World Cup campaign with a Group A clash against Iran next week. Here’s all you need to know about the [...]
November 15, 2022 /
World Cup
For Omar Larrosa, an Argentine forward who got on the pitch in the 1978 World Cup final, a complicated question has a simple response. He is [...]
November 14, 2022 /
World Cup
Arise Ecuador and take your place among the nations of the Earth. It is time to shake off your humble roots and strike a blow for freedom and [...]
November 12, 2022 /
World Cup
Earlier this year, Gareth Southgate met with the English Football Association and asked a straightforward but fundamental question: what matters [...]
November 12, 2022 /
World Cup
James Maddison and Callum Wilson are in England’s World Cup squad after Gareth Southgate handed the in-form pair their first international [...]
November 10, 2022 /
World Cup
The English and Welsh Football Associations have joined eight others in vowing to use the upcoming World Cup in Qatar to keep advocating for [...]
November 6, 2022 /
World Cup
The Irish women’s football team is set for a windfall of approximately €300,000 to be shared among the players — the first Irish women’s squad to [...]
October 15, 2022 /
World Cup
Qatar’s World Cup chief has spoken out against the tournament becoming a “platform of political statements” in response to plans by Harry Kane, [...]
October 13, 2022 /
World Cup
Hummel’s decision to tone down the details of Denmark’s World Cup kit in protest against Qatar’s human rights record was driven [...]
September 29, 2022 /
World Cup
Qatar has faced a lot of unfair criticism over its hosting of soccer’s World Cup that was not based on facts but it has responded to any [...]
September 8, 2022 /
World Cup
Wales and Ukraine contest the delayed World Cup play-off final this weekend, with a place in Qatar awaiting the winners. Here’s all you need to [...]
The 20th anniversary of Saipan is approaching. For seven days in May 2002, the country was captivated by an extraordinary row between Ireland [...]
The 20th anniversary of Saipan is approaching. For seven days in May 2002, the country was captivated by an extraordinary row between Ireland [...]
The 20th anniversary of Saipan is approaching. For seven days in May 2002, the country was captivated by an extraordinary row between Ireland [...]
Some lessons, it seems, are never learned. Gareth Southgate may have been characteristically measured in his response to Friday’s World Cup draw [...]
April 2, 2022 /
World Cup
David Beckham left Doha before the world’s media descended on Qatar last week, which meant there would not be so much as even an awkward question [...]
April 2, 2022 /
World Cup
After a few moments of high farce, and some comments that only drew more attention to the human rights context in Qatar, there was one moment of [...]
April 2, 2022 /
World Cup
