World Nov 21 World Cup teams end human rights armband protest after threats by FIFA FIFA's threat of on-field punishment for players has forced World Cup teams to back down.
World Nov 20 European World Cup teams plan to defy FIFA in 'One Love' armband standoff FIFA wanted seven European soccer federations to back down from allowing their captains to wear “One Love” armbands — a heart-shaped multi-colored logo aimed at exposing the host country Qatar’s record on human rights.
World Nov 19 FIFA president scolds critics of World Cup, Qatar in hour-long diatribe FIFA president Gianni Infantino lectured Europeans for criticizing Qatar’s human rights record and defended the host country’s last-minute decision to ban beer from World Cup stadiums.
World Nov 18 Qatar bans beer sales at World Cup stadiums two days before opening game Qatar banned the sale of beer at World Cup stadiums on Friday, a sudden U-turn on the deal it made to secure the soccer tournament — only two days before the opening game.
World Nov 01 Qatar recruits World Cup fans to sing in opening ceremony with all expenses-paid trip Up to 1,600 fans of the teams that qualified for this year’s World Cup are being recruited for an all expenses-paid trip to Qatar to sing in the opening ceremony and stay for at least two weeks promoting positive social…
World Sep 29 Qatar confirms COVID-19 test requirements for World Cup fans Fans going to the World Cup in Qatar must show a negative COVID-19 test when they arrive as part of the host nation's rules to combat COVID-19. About 1.2 million visitors to Qatar are expected for the tournament, which starts…
World Feb 28 Russian soccer suspended from international competition over Ukraine war 'until further notice' Russian teams have been suspended from all international soccer, including qualifying matches for the 2022 World Cup, as Moscow was pushed toward pariah status in sports after its invasion of Ukraine…
World Feb 19 Panel denies US skaters' appeal to get Olympic silver medals Arbitrators have rejected a last-ditch request by American figure skaters to have their silver medals awarded before the end of the Olympics. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said early Sunday in Beijing that it dismissed the appeal by the nine skaters,…
World Feb 17 Beijing Olympics committee declines answering questions on Taiwan and Uighur treatment For two weeks and more at daily news briefings, China’s stance on questions about its politics and policies has been straightforward: It’s the Olympics, and we’re not talking about these things.
World Feb 16 What is the drug behind Russia's Olympic doping case? Kamila Valieva was back on the Olympic ice at the Beijing Games for the individual competition. Details of her legal defense in a doping case were revealed only hours earlier.