Sat 12 November 2022: A new champion in T20 cricket is set to be crowned on Sunday, as the ICC T20 World Cup final sees England and Pakistan lock horns at one of cricket’s biggest venues. Here is what you need to know about the final: When and where is the final? The Melbourne Cricket […]
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Thu 10 November 2022: The Qatari government has refused to cooperate with Israeli telecommunication companies in order to operate their mobile phones during the World Cup tournament later this month. Israel’s Kan 11 reported that between 10,000 to 20,000 Israelis are going to attend World Cup 2022 in Doha, noting that they will be forced […]
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Thu 10 November 2022: Qatar’s Central Bank, on Wednesday, issued commemorative coins and banknotes of the FIFA World Cup, set to open in the Gulf country later this month. “The business of commemorative coins represents a fundamental contribution from the banking sector to the success of the historic event,” Central Bank Governor, Sheikh Bandar bin […]
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Wed 09 November 2022: A French newspaper has published a cartoon depicting Qatar’s national football team as “terrorists”, sparking outrage across the Gulf country. The lampooning caricature comes days before Qatar is set to host FIFA World Cup 2022 this month, becoming the first Arab and Middle East country to organize the global tournament. The […]
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Mon 07 November 2022: Lionel Messi missed his club side Paris Saint Germain’s 2-1 win over Lorient on Sunday due to an inflamed Achilles tendon, the injury scare coming for the Argentina captain less than two weeks before the start of World Cup 2022. “Leo Messi will remain in treatment for an inflamed Achilles tendon […]
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Sun 06 November 2022: Danushka Gunathilaka, a cricketer representing Sri Lanka, was detained and charged in Sydney for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman hours after the national team lost to England at the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia. Gunathilaka missed the opening round of the World Cup due to a hamstring injury, but he stayed […]
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Sat 05 November 2022: People calling for a boycott of the World Cup in Qatar are from a handful of countries that do not represent the rest of the world, which is looking forward to the tournament, Qatar’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani has said, Reuters reports. Qatar is the first Middle Eastern country […]
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Wed 02 November 2022: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned what it described as an “incitement campaign” targeting Qatar for its hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The tournament is due to kick off on 20 November, with the final to be held on 18 December. The OIC stands by Qatar as […]
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Tue 01 November 2022: Some pub owners in Germany will not be showing matches of the upcoming Qatar World Cup, saying they took the decision from “an ethical standpoint” given the Gulf State’s record on human rights Reuters reports. Qatar, the first Middle Eastern country to host the World Cup, has come under intense international pressure for its […]
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Mon 31 October 2022: South Africa’s football team offered hope to a divided nation but has struggled to make an impact internationally. In the early 1990s, South African men’s football team carried the hopes of millions, that it would bring together a divided nation at the end of apartheid. In July 1992, the team was […]
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