Posts Tagged: FIFA
Palestinian Athletes Promote Destruction of Israel: ‘From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will Be Free’
The Palestinian Authority (PA) is relentless in announcing its goal to eliminate the State of Israel, and create a state of Palestine that stretches from...
Qatari Islamization of the World Cup Backfires
While fans will remember the 22nd World Cup as one of the best final matches in tournament history, the games also will be remembered as...
Whatever the Ending, Qatar World Cup Duly Delivered
A World Cup that has defied all expectations reaches its climax on Sunday when Lionel Messi could join Diego Maradona in Argentine immortality by taking...
Qatar Punctures FIFA’s Political Fantasy
If the Qatar World Cup proved anything, it’s that sports and politics are inseparable Siamese twins joined at the hip. Politics popped up at every twist...
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...
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...
Sports as Another Venue to Whitewash Human Rights Abuses
The responses of sports associations to denunciations of repression in China’s troubled northwestern province of Xinjiang and support for pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong by soccer...
International Soccer Federation FIFA Slammed for Posting Pro-Palestinian Tweet
The international soccer federation FIFA faced criticism on Monday after it published a pro-Palestinian tweet despite its usual policy of keeping politics out of sports. The...
Iran Has ‘Assured’ Women Can Attend Qualifier: Infantino
FIFA has been "assured" by Iranian authorities that women will be able to attend the October World Cup qualifier in Tehran, Gianni Infantino, president of...
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...
World Soccer’s FIFA Delays Decision on Anti-Israel Resolution
JNS.org - The international soccer association FIFA said Tuesday it would delay a final decision on a draft resolution regarding the participation of Israeli soccer teams...
International Lawyers Petition World Soccer Federation to Investigate Palestinian Association for ‘Egregious’ Statute Violations
JNS.org -- International lawyers are calling on the world soccer organization to investigate “egregious” violations by the Palestinian Football Association (PFA). In a letter to the chair of...
International NGO Pressures World Soccer Federation to Sanction Israel
JNS.org -- An international non-governmental organization has joined the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement’s efforts to pressure FIFA into sanctioning Israel's soccer association, because it holds matches on...
