“That happened once and it was a scandal,” says Helena Costa, the first coach of Qatar’s women’s national team. Her side played their first official match on October 18, 2010, against Bahrain at the ...

For a brief few moments it looked like the World Cup was being rigged in real time, amplifying an explosive conspiracy theory seen by millions around the world. In the days running up to the ...

The men’s 2022 Fifa World Cup has ended, with Argentina crowned champions. But at this tournament in particular, there has been much to distract from the actual football being played. From start to ...

Correspondence to Professor Yorck Olaf Schumacher, Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Ad Dawhah, Qatar; yo.schumacher{at}aspetar.com Objective The Football World Cup is among the ...

From Lionel Messi's classy showmanship to Bono’s penalty shootout heroics. Here are 10 times Twitter went wild during the 2022 World Cup so far. Qatar’s showpiece has actually turned out to be far ...

A British Parliamentary inquiry revealed that two African FIFA Executive Committee members, African Football Confederation (CAF) chief Hayatou of Cameroon and Jacques Anouma of the Ivory Coast, ...

As the 2022 World Cup comes to a close, global rights organizations have renewed criticism of Qatar and FIFA over the treatment of thousands of migrant workers who built stadiums and tournament ...

FIFA takes a look at how Australia, IR Iran, Japan, Korea Republic, Qatar and Saudi Arabia have fared since their FIFA World Cup 22 exploits ahead of World Cup 26 qualifying. The second round of AFC ...

While many fans around the world find the term “soccer” strange, if not objectionable, that’s what Americans – as well as Canadians, South Africans and some Australians and Irish – call the sport. As ...

UEFA still plans to hold the Argentina-Spain soccer match this month in Doha, despite Iranian missile strikes in Qatar, officials said Thursday.

Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé have arguably been the two best players at Qatar 2022 and the two will come head-to-head in the World Cup final on Sunday. Millions are expected to watch the clash ...