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DR Congo races to be ready for Francophone Games
AFP, Published on 21/07/2023
» KINSHASA: With just a week left before the opening ceremonies, workers in Kinshasa are racing to finish facilities ahead of the Francophone Games, gathering nations from the French-speaking equivalent of the Commonwealth.
Tickets sell out 'in five minutes' as China football fans relish return
AFP, Published on 14/04/2023
» BEIJING - The new Chinese Super League season kicks off on Saturday after three years of Covid controls with tickets reportedly selling out in just five minutes for the biggest match of the opening weekend.
World Cup of firsts ends with clash of titans
AFP, Published on 18/12/2022
» DOHA: There is no new name on the trophy and many of football's global superstars are taking their final bow but the most controversial World Cup in history will be remembered as a tournament of firsts.
World Cup poised for kick-off as Benzema blow rocks France
AFP, Published on 20/11/2022
» DOHA - The World Cup kicks off with host nation Qatar facing Ecuador on Sunday as the month-long football showpiece finally gets under way after a tortuous 12-year build-up dogged by off-field controversies.
Qatar 2022: a one-off World Cup fantasy
AFP, Published on 18/11/2022
» DOHA: Fifa's president promised the World Cup would be like "Disneyland" while rights groups say workers have been through hell, but one thing is certain — there will never be another World Cup like Qatar 2022.
Fifa appeals for World Cup ceasefire in Ukraine
AFP, Published on 15/11/2022
» NUSA DUA (INDONESIA): The president of the world football body called Tuesday for a one-month ceasefire in Ukraine to mark the World Cup, saying sport could bring people together.
World Cup countdown enters final week as focus sharpens on Qatar
AFP, Published on 14/11/2022
» DOHA - The week-long countdown to the World Cup in Qatar began on Monday as the world's leading footballers focused their attention on one of the most controversial tournaments in history.
World Cup ambassador calls homosexuality 'damage in the mind'
AFP, Published on 09/11/2022
» BERLIN - A Qatari World Cup ambassador called homosexuality a "damage in the mind" in a German TV interview, sparking criticism in Europe and the United States Tuesday just 12 days before the tournament kicks off.
Fifa rebuked over 'focus on football' message
AFP, Published on 04/11/2022
» LAUSANNE, Switzerland: Fifa has called on teams at the World Cup in Qatar to "focus on football" and stop "handing out moral lessons" in a message that received a sharp rebuke from Amnesty International.
Qatar evicts thousands ahead of World Cup
Published on 29/10/2022
» DOHA: Qatar has emptied apartment blocks housing thousands of foreign workers in the same areas in the centre of the capital Doha where visiting football fans will stay during the World Cup, evicted workers have told Reuters.