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01 Dec

FIFA Are Considering Introducing Penalty Shootouts in the Group Stage of the 2026 World Cup

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FIFA are considering introducing penalty shoot-outs to the World Cup group stages, with successful teams potentially earning bonus points at the end of tied games at the 2026 tournament. The Athletic has reported that the decision to implement shootouts - either before kick-off or at full-time - in tied group stage matches in 2026 is being discussed. In four years time the World Cup will be held across the north American continent, with matches set to take place in each of the USA, Canada and Mexico in a trilateral tournament. As a result there will be an extra knockout round following…

18 Nov

Gianni Infantino Set To Win Another Term As FIFA President After No Rival Came Forward To Challenge Him

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Gianni Infantino is set to win a new term as FIFA President after securing the support of 200 nations. The Swiss-Italian was elected president of world football's governing body in 2016 but his tenure is now in line to be extended after he stood unopposed in the leadership race and was backed by 200 out of 209 member associations. It is understood 52 European nations supported Infantino extending his term in charge, interesting because of tensions between himself and UEFA president Aleksandr Ceferin. Infantino new term at the FIFA helm is expected to be ratified at the 73rd FIFA Congress in…

08 Nov

Qatar World Cup Ambassador Says Homosexuality Is ‘Damage In The Mind’

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A Qatar World Cup ambassador has told German television broadcaster ZDF that homosexuality was "damage in the mind", as the Gulf state prepares to host the global tournament in less than two weeks. In an interview filmed in Doha and to be screened later on Tuesday, former Qatari international Khalid Salman addressed the issue of homosexuality, which is illegal in the conservative Muslim country. Some soccer players have raised concerns over the rights of fans travelling to the event, especially LGBT+ individuals and women, whom rights groups say Qatari laws discriminate against. The country expects more than one million visitors…

07 Nov

Qatar Minister Accuses Germany Of ‘Double Standards’ In World Cup Criticism

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Qatar's foreign minister has accused Germany of "double standards" over its criticism of the World Cup host's human rights record and has defended its summoning of the German ambassador, in a newspaper interview published on Monday. Qatar has faced intense criticism from human rights groups over its treatment of migrant workers, who along with other foreigners comprise the bulk of the country's population. Qatar's foreign ministry last month summoned the German ambassador over Interior Minister Nancy Faeser's comments that a country's human rights record should be factored into whether they are selected as World Cup host. "On the one side,…

04 Nov

‘Focus on The Football . . . Not Ideological or Political Battle That Exists’ – FIFA To World Cup Teams

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FIFA have written to World Cup teams urging them to focus on the tournament in Qatar and not be part of lecturing on morality and dragging football "into every ideological or political battle that exists". Sky News has exclusively seen the full letter from FIFA's president, Gianni Infantino, and the governing body's secretary general, Fatma Samoura, that has been sent amid growing pressure on players to be activists around the tournament. It has been a World Cup build-up dogged by concerns about the suffering of low-paid migrant workers to build the infrastructure in the tiny Gulf nation and discriminatory laws that…

06 Oct

Black Stars Drop To 61st In Latest FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings

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The Black Stars of Ghana have dropped one place in FIFA’s latest world rankings. The four-time Africa Cup of Nations winners are now 61st, after being previously ranked 60th. This means the Black Stars are still the least ranked country heading into the 2022 World Cup. On the continent, the Black Stars are ranked 11th, with Senegal maintaining top spot. Morocco, Tunisia, Nigeria and Algeria complete Africa’s top five. Brazil also maintain their top spot on the globe in a very familiar top 10, with Italy leapfrogging Spain into 6th, the only change. 172 games were played in total for…

13 Sep

GFA Reacts To Interlocutory Injunction On Ghana Premier League

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The Ghana Football Association says it will not allow a few unscrupulous individuals to disrupt the start of the new football season. General Secretary of the Association, Prosper Harrison Addo, says the FA is focused on ensuring club owners do not invest in vain. He spoke on Luv FM on issues related to a possible injunction on the start of the 2022/23 Betpawa Ghana Premier League. The banned CEO of AshantiGold SC, Dr. Kwaku Frimpong, is said to have secured an interlocutory injunction restraining the GFA from commencing the 2022/23 season. The Obuasi-based club secured the injunction in protest against the decision of the GFA’s…

20 May

FIFA-Qatar World Cup 2022: Suffering, Human Rights Abuses And Deaths- The Story of Migrant Workers In Qatar

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"We don’t know what to do-we are heading to seven months without salary". This is the story of Daniel, one of the migrant workers working on a World Cup stadium in Qatar. Daniel is among more than 100 migrant workers in Qatar who have not received their salaries for the past 7 months. With less than 6 moths to the Word Cup, migrant workers in Qatar say they have no day off, as they work day and night to make the 2022 world Cup a reality. Amnesty International has recorded several human rights abuses among migrant employees working at Qatar…