Posts Tagged: World Cup
World Cup Fans See Double Standard in Stadium Politics Ban
When is it and is not it acceptable to display a political banner at the World Cup in Qatar? The answer seems to depend largely...
The Qatar World Cup: Soccer Upsets, Politics, and Sensitive Situations
Barely out of the starting blocks, the Qatar World Cup has already produced a fair share of upsets, as well as politically and personally sensitive...
US Soccer Briefly Removed Emblem from Iran Flag to Show Support for Protesters
The United States Soccer Federation temporarily displayed Iran's national flag on social media without the emblem of the Islamic Republic as a show of solidarity...
Iranian Fans Savor Victory But Wrangle Over Protests
Iran's national soccer team sang during the playing of their national anthem at their second World Cup match against Wales on Friday having refrained from...
Kevin McCarthy Must Remove Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from All Committees
Antisemitic congresswoman Ilhan Omar is currently attending the World Cup in Qatar with Secretary of State Antony Blinken. This is, of course, an outrage, all...
Fanfare for First Flight from Israel to Qatar for World Cup
Balloons festooned the departure gate for the first commercial flight between Israel and Qatar on Sunday, permitted by Doha for World Cup fans despite a...
Gay People Living Under Radar in Qatar Prepare Warily for World Cup
A group of Arab friends living in Qatar's capital Doha met up over cocktails and snacks last week, exchanging opinions as they flicked through profiles...
Qatar to Allow Beer Sales at World Cup Games 3 Hours Before Kickoff
Qatar will permit ticketed fans to buy alcoholic beer at World Cup soccer matches starting three hours before kickoff and for one hour after the...
Qatari World Cup: An Unintended Boon for the UAE
Qatar's 2022 World Cup promises to benefit not only itself but also to provide an unintended economic, political, and religious soft power boon for its...
Has the Football Pitch Become Qatar’s Battlefield?
The football pitch has long pitted country against country. But recent developments suggest that the goalposts might have shifted, transforming the pitch into a proxy...
Modern-Day Slavery?: ‘World Cup Has Been Built on the Violation of Human Rights’
A stunning report by German broadcaster WDR recently pushed FIFA to admit for the first time that the governing soccer organization did, in fact, violate human...
Israeli Broadcasting Authority Battling Football Association for Right to Show Games in Judea, Samaria
JNS.org - The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has refused to allow Israel’s national broadcaster, Kan, to broadcast the World Cup and Euro 2020 soccer...
Israel Says Hamas Tried to Snare Soldiers in World Cup Cyber Trap
Israel's military accused the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Tuesday of trying to hack the mobile phones of Israeli soldiers through a malicious World Cup score-tracking...
Abramovich Sends Kids With Special Needs to World Cup
JNS.org - Thanks to new Israeli citizen and Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich, 35 Israeli children with special needs or illnesses were flown to Moscow...
