Saudi Arabia and Qatar have been awarded the hosting rights for the fourth round of Asia's 2026 World Cup preliminaries in ...

Why would a tiny desert nation with no football tradition and extreme summer heat spend over $200 billion to host the FIFA World Cup? The answer goes far beyond sports. In this video, we explore the ...

Qatar's 2022 World Cup kicks off on November 20, with the host nation playing Ecuador. But human rights and logistics issues have plagued the host nation as the month-long tournament nears.

I feel like the World Cup encouraged them to be more outgoing.” Al-Haddad points to Qatar’s national sports day, which fell on February 14. Like December 18, Qatar’s national day and the ...

The only thing missing is a winning team. Qatar became the first host nation in World Cup history to lose the opening match, and then only the second host to be eliminated from the group stage.

Its choice as World Cup host was, former FIFA president Sepp Blatter said last week, “a mistake.” “(Qatar) is too small a country. Football and the World Cup are too big for it,” Blatter said.

Qatar is exhausted at defending itself to the world, especially to the Europeans who are seen as particularly negative and cynical about the first World Cup to be held in a Muslim country ...

Qatar will argue that they’ve indirectly benefited from the World Cup, via legal reforms accelerated by international spotlights. But they still live at the bottom of a racialized social ...

Despite, well, a lot, FIFA is about to kick off the 2022 men’s World Cup in Qatar on Sunday. The idea that the world’s most beloved sporting spectacle is taking place in Qatar remains as ...

The selection of Qatar to host this year's FIFA World Cup brought cheers to the streets of Doha in a celebration of the first edition of the tournament to be held in the Arab world. But the choice ...

In the build-up to last year’s World Cup, the organizers received widespread criticism for their treatment of migrant workers. In 2021, The Guardian reported that 6,500 South Asian migrant ...

(Reuters) -Saudi Arabia and Qatar have been awarded the hosting rights for the fourth round of Asia's 2026 World Cup ...