Football World Cup

Explained: How the Qatar World Cup is fueling misogyny around the world

According to research, women are at a higher risk of sexual assault at any major sporting event. With discrimination against women enshrined in Qatari law, misogyny is being beamed through televisions internationally, via the means of the 2022 men’s football World Cup

High on Carbs: What footballers like Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar are eating at FIFA World Cup 2022

It is football's greatest show. The pressure is intense. What keeps the footballers going? What do they eat? Mostly carbs and proteins to fuel their bodies

FIFA World Cup 2022: Does the ban on ‘OneLove’ armbands violate its anti-discrimination principles?

FIFA claims that it is ‘committed to respecting all internationally recognised human rights and shall strive to promote the protection of these rights.’ However, before the start of the World Cup, it announced that players found to be wearing the rainbow armbands could face on-pitch sanctions

Barred from stadiums at home, Iranian women attend Football World Cup in Qatar

The question of whether to root for the national team has divided Iranians as the team becomes entangled in the country's combustible politics. Many now view support for the Iranian team as a betrayal of the young women and men who have risked their lives in the streets

FIFA quietly phasing biennial World Cup plans out ahead of annual congress

The biennial World Cup has been left off the agenda, with only changes to the women's football calendar scheduled for a vote by the 211 member associations.

FIFA World Cup 2022 Qualifiers: Italy fail to qualify again but Portugal, Wales and Sweden reach play-off finals

Italy will again be absent from the World Cup in Qatar after also failing to qualify for the 2018 tournament in Russia when they lost in a play-off to Sweden.

Skipper Maya Yoshida back, no Takehiro Tomiyasu as Japan look to seal World Cup spot

Japan can book their place at a seventh straight World Cup by beating the Socceroos in Sydney on 24 March, having recovered from a dreadful start to the qualifying campaign for Qatar 2022.

2022 FIFA World Cup will be a ‘benchmark for future sporting events of this scale’, says Gianni Infantino

The same message was given by World Health Organisation director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who highlighted the "unique challenges" faced by organisers because of the pandemic.

FIFA's biennial World Cup plan slammed in IOC's Beijing meet; Bach questions Infantino's absence

IOC President Thomas Bach chided FIFA counterpart Gianni Infantino, an IOC member for the past two years, for not being in Beijing to hear the criticism.

CONMEBOL president says there is 'no chance' of biennial FIFA World Cup

Alejandro Dominguez, the president of CONMEBOL, told The Associated Press on Thursday that it's a “waste of time” for FIFA President Gianni Infantino to continue pushing his desire to stage a World Cup every two years.