Generation Amazing, Qatar’s social programme to improve conditions in neighbouring countries as well as helping immigrants who have come to Qatar, has helped realise the dreams of some of the workers who are turning the World Cup 2022 into reality. Eight of ...
A “safe space” meant to celebrate diversity in football on the sidelines of the World Cup has been prevented from opening for several days, after what the organisers suspect is official pressure. Diversity House ...
The new FIFA requirements on human rights in bidding and hosting the 2026 World Cup could raise the bar for future sports events if they are fully carried out, Human Rights Watch said today. FIFA voters will select the 2026 ...
In football, cash is king, and while the World Cup is a welcome break for most of us from the ludicrous transfer fees and ever rising price of replica shirts, there’s still an awful lot of money involved. But which team at ...
FIFA, the international governing body for soccer, is teaming up with the UN to encourage fans to offset their carbon emissions ahead of the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Ticket holders are being asked to join an online campaign which will see FIFA ...
Plans to explore a 48-team World Cup in 2022 have been take off the agenda for the FIFA annual Congress here on Wednesday (June 13) after the body’s President Gianni Infantino revealed they will only proceed with the support ...
Lilian Thuram became a Parisian at age 9 in 1981, moving to France’s capital from his native Guadeloupe. It was also the year he “became black,” the former international soccer player said through a translator, because that was when he ...
Football Beyond Borders are using the World Cup as inspiration for a series of projects that will support young people at risk of exclusion from school. The education charity works with more than 400 young people per week across 24 projects ...
FIFA will launch around 150 sustainability initiatives for the upcoming World Cup in Russia – and will put sustainability at the heart of its decision to choose a winning bidder for the 2026 tournament. In a short, but wide-ranging address at ...
Qatar wants talks with FIFA to discuss the feasibility of increasing the 2022 World Cup to 48 teams after soccer’s governing body expressed interest in enlarging a tournament already having to overcome operational challenges. The Gulf nation took two days to ...
