2022 World Cup

Commercial Content 21+ The world’s biggest sporting event, the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, begins Sunday with a match between the hosts and Ecuador. That gives bettors just a few more days to lock in their futures…

Qatar’s World Cup promises fun — but without pleasure. Fans traveling to watch the global soccer championship have been warned not to bring a number of items that are reportedly banned in Qatar, the site of…

Here’s the best way to do it: Take the thumb and forefinger from either hand, apply them to your nostrils, then squeeze. There ya go! That’s called holding your nose. The World Cup, as…

Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter thinks Iran should be barred from the World Cup amid widespread protests in the Islamic Republic sparked by the death of a woman in the custody of morality police, a Swiss paper quoted him on…

Commercial Content 21+ Perhaps no team in the entire World Cup got a tougher group draw than Japan. Considered the best team in Asia and a potential gate-crasher in Qatar, the hype around Japan as a potential…

Migrant labourers who built Qatar’s World Cup stadiums often worked long hours under harsh conditions and were subjected to discrimination, wage theft and other abuses as their employers evaded accountability, a rights group said…

Jonathan Osorio’s long road to the World Cup has not been without its bumps, not to mention a stop in Uruguay. In recent months, the Toronto FC midfielder was sidelined by post-concussion syndrome — the result seemingly of a…

Tim Ream, Haji Wright, Joe Scally and Sean Johnson made the United States’ World Cup roster, while Zack Steffen, Paul Arriola, Jordan Pefok and Ricardo Pepi were among those cut. U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter…

At first, Saskia Nino de Rivera was excited about going to Qatar for a World Cup that would mark a significant professional event for her partner, a sports agent for Mexico soccer players. She even contemplated privately proposing…

Picking Qatar to host the World Cup was a mistake 12 years ago, FIFA’s president at the time Sepp Blatter said Tuesday, again citing a meeting between Nicolas Sarkozy and Michel Platini for swaying key votes. The 86-year-old…