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World
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International
11/27/2022 1:14:33 PM
As Iran prepares to play diplomatic arch-rivals the United States in the World Cup on Tuesday, AFP looks at how geopolitics have spilled onto the pitch in previous World Cups:
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World Cup 2022
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News
11/26/2022 3:37:09 PM
Cristiano Ronaldo showed "total genius" by winning a controversial penalty in Portugal's World Cup win over Ghana, FIFA technical study group member Sunday Oliseh said on Saturday.
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World Cup 2022
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Features
11/26/2022 2:59:39 PM
At a suburban park near Doha, the capital city of Qatar, cool air from vents in the ground blasted joggers on a November day that reached almost 32 degrees Celsius (90 degrees Fahrenheit).
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Arts & Culture
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Music
11/26/2022 12:05:38 PM
The music video titled "C.H.A.M.P.I.O.N.S" featuring DJ Rodge and Cheb Khaled reached over 21 million views on Qatar Airways YouTube channel.
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World Cup 2022
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News
11/24/2022 12:26:02 PM
There's a good chance the World Cup will go from bad to worse for the Qatar team if the players don't conquer their nerves when they face African champion Senegal in their second group match.
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World Cup 2022
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News
11/23/2022 4:46:07 PM
Germany's players covered their mouths for their team photo before their opening World Cup match in an apparent rebuke of FIFA's clampdown on plans to wear armbands to protest discrimination in host nation Qatar.
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World Cup 2022
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News
11/23/2022 10:36:29 AM
Discriminatory chants allegedly by Ecuador fans at the World Cup opening game led FIFA to open the first disciplinary case of the tournament on Tuesday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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COP27
11/22/2022 9:01:23 PM
The 2022 FIFA World Cup, currently being held in Qatar, is breaking records, reports Inas Mazhar
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World Cup 2022
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News
11/22/2022 4:21:40 PM
Hundreds of soccer fans in Qatar struggled to retrieve their digital World Cup tickets on Tuesday, as problems with FIFA's mobile application stoked confusion and frustration at the tournament for a second day in a row.
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World Cup 2022
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News
11/22/2022 2:17:41 PM
The 90-minute soccer match is turning into 100-plus at the World Cup - and that is what FIFA wants to give fans more entertainment.
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World
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International
11/21/2022 7:16:50 PM
America's top diplomat landed in Qatar on Monday to take in a World Cup match and hold talks as regional tensions remain high amid Iran's rapid advancement of its nuclear program and nationwide protests shaking the Islamic Republic.
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World Cup 2022
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News
11/21/2022 1:35:02 PM
FIFA's threat of on-field punishment for players forced World Cup teams to back down Monday and abandon an anti-discrimination campaign aimed at host nation Qatar.
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World Cup 2022
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News
11/21/2022 11:54:59 AM
The first direct flight flying from Israel to Qatar took off from Ben Gurion Airport on Sunday morning carrying Israeli and Palestinian football fans eager to watch their favorite teams compete in Qatar's 2022 FIFA World Cup, the first held in a Mideast country.
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World Cup 2022
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News
11/20/2022 9:25:29 PM
In a tense meeting at the World Cup on Sunday, FIFA tried to end a standoff with European teams about wearing unauthorized captain armbands for an anti-discrimination campaign that draws attention to Qatar.
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World Cup 2022
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Features
11/20/2022 6:55:40 PM
Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman extended one yellow-gloved hand to a FIFA World Cup ambassador suffering from a rare spinal disorder in an image meant to represent inclusion in a country facing international criticism over its human rights record.
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World
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Region
11/20/2022 4:45:23 PM
Qatar opened the Middle East's first World Cup on Sunday with its ruler sitting next to the leaders of two countries that only a year and a half earlier had been part of a boycott trying to bring the energy-rich nation to its knees.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
11/20/2022 1:08:27 PM
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi headed to Qatar on Sunday to attend the opening ceremony of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Doha, Presidential Spokesperson Bassam Rady said.
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World Cup 2022
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News
11/20/2022 12:46:05 PM
FIFA earned record revenues of $7.5 billion in the four years of commercial deals tied to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the governing body of soccer said Sunday.
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World Cup 2022
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News
11/19/2022 8:53:49 PM
FIFA president Gianni Infantino downplayed Qatar's last minute ban on the sale of beer at World Cup stadiums as nothing more than a brief inconvenience to spectators.
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World Cup 2022
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Features
11/19/2022 8:42:52 PM
Six African officials will represent the continent at the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup, in addition to 10 assistants and two Video Assistant Referees.
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