Morocco’s shut-out of Belgium provokes celebrations in the stands and on the pitch [Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera]. Sat 10 December 2022: The Atlas Lions are now looking to become the first side from the continent to make it through to the semi-finals. As Morocco’s history-making football team prepares to take on 2016 European champions Portugal in […]
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Tue 6 December 2022: Forget Wags. The secret of Morocco’s success at World Cup 2022 might come down to the players’ parents who have joined them. After Morocco shocked the footballing world by defeating pre-tournament favourites Belgium 2-0 in a Group F play, Paris Saint-Germain fullback Achraf Hakimi made a beeline for his mother in the stands. […]
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Mon 25 December 2022: Proudly Muslim Qatar has taken advantage of the World Cup to reach out to the hundreds of thousands of visiting fans to change minds about Islam or even make conversions. The Gulf emirate is the first Muslim nation to stage a football World Cup and its gas riches have endowed it […]
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Fri 02 December 2022: Pele, the Brazilian football legend, has been diagnosed with a respiratory infection but is still in good health, according to a medical report released on Friday On Tuesday, the 82-year-old was admitted towards the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil. “The medical team diagnosed him with a respiratory infection, which […]
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A woman at a protest in Qatar holds up a T-shirt bearing the name of Mahsa Amini. Thu 01 December 2022: Iranian security forces shot dead an Iranian man who celebrated the United States’ win over Iran in their World Cup football game, as popular sentiment throughout the country and Iranian Diaspora continues to oppose […]
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Thu 01 December 2022: As the FIFA World Cup begins in Qatar, cyber-security researchers warned on Monday that threat actors are selling fake Hayya cards, which are essentially permit documents, to fans willing to pay any amount to obtain one. To enter the stadium for the FIFA World Cup, one must have a Hayya card, […]
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France won the World Cup for the first time in 1998. (Source: Reuters) Wed 30 November 2022: From Polish miners to heroes of Algerian independence, immigrants have greatly influenced French football. On July 12, 1998, France won the World Cup for the first time in its history, thumping a Brazil side that included stars like […]
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Tue 29 November 2022: For two fans at the World Cup, football is a reminder that individuals are more than the countries they come from. Doha, Qatar – Political tensions have been high between the United States and Iran for more than half a century, but to some football fans gearing up to watch the two nations […]
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Tue 29 November 2022: The stakes for what happens after tonight’s match are very high as a win will catapult Iran into the elimination stage for the first time in history. Tehran, Iran – It is Iran versus the United States in the Qatar World Cup 2022 on Wednesday. There’s survival at stake. But for the majority of the millions […]
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Mon 28 November 2022: In response to Germany’s World Cup protest, Qatari soccer supporters on Sunday covered their mouths while brandishing posters of former Germany star Mesut zil during the game against Spain. The Qatari fans in the stands hit back at Germany by holding photos of former German international Mesut Özil. The photos were […]
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