“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

English football great David Beckham has addressed criticism over his role as an ambassador for Qatar during the World Cup, saying it is “positive that debate about the key issues has been stimulated ...

Initiatives supported by the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Trade Organization (WTO) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency $50 million fund to have social impact across multiple regions for the ...