FIFA

2022 - 11 - 20

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Qatar is taking the heat for FIFA corruption (The Washington Post)

Investigations into FIFA actions reveal the global soccer organization has a long history of bribery and money-laundering. Will that change?

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The Data Behind Qatar's Historically Expensive World Cup (Bloomberg)

It took a decade (and $300 billion) to gear up for this very moment.

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FIFA revenue hits $7.5B for current World Cup period (Hope Standard)

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 ...

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FIFA earns record $7.5bn revenue for Qatar World Cup (Aljazeera.com)

The earnings from this World Cup cycle are $1bn more than those generated from the 2018 tournament in Russia.

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FIFA revenue hits $7.5BN for Qatar World Cup period (TSN)

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — 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 ...

World Cup gets underway with stakes high for FIFA host Qatar (National Post)

Saudi Arabia's crown prince and the presidents of Egypt, Turkey and Algeria, as well as the United Nations Secretary-General, are among leaders at the…

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World leaders who attended FIFA Qatar World Cup opening ceremony (Aljazeera.com)

Arab leaders dominated the list of world leaders who attended the opening ceremony of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

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Fifa World Cup revenue up by more than $1bn after taking ... (The Guardian)

Revenue generated by the four-year cycle of the Qatar World Cup (from 2018 to 2022, including an extra five months because of the winter schedule) will reach ...

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FIFA World Cup in Qatar opens to a night of light, fireworks and ... (Sportstar)

The opening spectacle of lights, fireworks and mysticism transported the 50000+ spectators at the Bedouin tent shaped Al Bayt stadium into the surreal world ...

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FIFA expecting to generate more than 6-billion from World Cup cycle ... (Planet Sport)

FIFA expects to generate 75 billion US dollars in the four-year cycle up to the World Cup finals in Qatar.

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World Cup teams abandon "OneLove" armband amid FIFA row (ESPN)

Countries including England and Wales will not wear the "OneLove" anti-discrimination armband in their World Cup openers amid a row with FIFA.

European World Cup teams set to defy FIFA in armband standoff (Sportsnet.ca)

It didn't work. FIFA wanted seven European soccer federations to back down from allowing their captains to wear “One Love” armbands — a heart-shaped multi- ...

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World Cup 2022: European teams drop anti-discrimination ... (Financial Times)

A bid by European teams to promote inclusion during the World Cup collapsed on Monday, after the Netherlands, England and Wales said threats from Fifa had ...

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Seven European World Cup captains ditch One Love arm band ... (Reuters)

The captains of England, Wales, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany and Denmark will not wear "OneLove" armbands after FIFA made it clear they ...

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Soccer-Seven European World Cup captains ditch OneLove arm ... (National Post)

DOHA — The captains of England, Wales, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany and Denmark have backed down on wearing 'OneLove' armbands at the ...

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European teams won't use LGBTQ armbands at World Cup after ... (The Washington Post)

Captains from England, Wales, Belgium, Germany and others planned to wear rainbow armbands to support the LGBTQ community until FIFA threatened yellow ...

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