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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Thu 27 October 2022: The match fee for men’s and women’s cricketers (contracted) would be the same, according to a major statement made by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday. In many ways, the choice to pay female cricketers the same amount as male cricketers for a match was a […]
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Fri 21 October 2022: A $100 million (£89 million) libel lawsuit has been filed by the teenage player at the center of a chess cheating scandal against the world champion and the website Chess.com. Hans Niemann, 19, was accused of widespread cheating after a Chess.com investigation determined it was “likely” that he had violated the […]
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Thu 20 October 2022: The shirt Diego Maradona wore in the match has been returned to his native country 36 years after he helped Argentina defeat Germany to win the World Cup in Mexico City, Reuters reported. German player Lothar Matthaeus, who traded shirts with Maradona, gave the jersey to the Argentine embassy in Madrid […]
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Wed 19 October 2022: Saudi dentist and certified endurance swimmer, Dr Mariam Saleh Bin Laden, has made history this week by becoming the first Arab woman to swim across the Red Sea between Saudi Arabia and Egypt. According to Scoop Empire, the Saudi swimmer completed the journey within four hours, crossing nine kilometres of open sea, […]
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Sun 16 October 2022: German sportswear giant Adidas has resolved a dispute with Morocco over a design on a football top for neighbouring Algeria, which the kingdom claimed was appropriating Morocco’s “cultural heritage” as it drew on the Zellige, a traditional style of mosaic tilework common throughout the Maghreb region. On Friday a press release issued by the company […]
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Tue 11 October 2022: A Pakistani army contingent left for Qatar yesterday to provide security at the FIFA World Cup which kicks off next month. According to Radio Pakistan, the security contingent departed from Nur Khan Airbase in Rawalpindi and consists of army officers, Junior Commissioned Officers and other Pakistani military personnel. The move comes […]
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