2022 World Cup

By Associated Press GENEVA: A project using artificial intelligence to track social media abuse aimed at players at the 2022 World Cup identified more than 300 people whose details are being given to law enforcement,…

Budweiser is proceeding carefully with its on-the-ground sponsorship of the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Qatar, an emirate with strict regulations on the sale and consumption of alcohol.The Anheuser-Busch InBev SA…

By AFP DOHA: Facing a bank of screens that look like NASA mission command, technicians counting down to the World Cup in Qatar control the temperature,  gates, 15,000 cameras and much more in the eight stadiums. The…

If Roberto Mancini’s “soccer is like that, sometimes incredible things happen,” lacks the zing of Alex Ferguson’s “football, bloody hell”, it is because rarely are the twin imposters of disaster and triumph treated the same. But consider…

By Associated Press SEOUL: Japan qualified for a seventh successive World Cup after beating Australia 2-0 in Sydney and ending the Socceroos' chances of automatic qualification on Thursday. The result also qualified…

PARIS: Sweden said on Wednesday it believed its team could be at a disadvantage after FIFA confirmed that Russia would be kicked out of the 2022 World Cup playoffs over the invasion of Ukraine. World football's governing body said on…

PARIS: Russia has been expelled from the 2022 World Cup and its teams suspended from all international football competitions "until further notice" after its invasion of Ukraine, FIFA announced in a joint statement with UEFA on Monday. The…

By Associated Press PRAGUE: The Czech Republic joined Poland and Sweden on Sunday in rejecting the to play Russia in the 2022 World Cup qualifying next month in response to that nation’s invasion of Ukraine. The…

PRAGUE: The Czech Football Association said Sunday the national team would not play Russia in a potential 2022 World Cup play-off in March following the invasion of Ukraine. "The Czech national team will in no case play a potential game…

By AFP BEIJING: Angry Chinese football fans lashed out Wednesday at their country's "shameful" record after a 3-1 defeat at Vietnam ended any slim hope they had of reaching the 2022 World Cup. The heavy loss on…