On Friday, the Qatari national soccer team did what it had never done before, beating Japan 3-1 in the final of the…
The UAE had big hopes this winter. The tiny Middle Eastern nation is hosting this month’s Asian Cup, and national team…
FIFA would like you to know that it is not full of bad people. On Wednesday, the world soccer governing body put out a s…
Riku Riski, a forward who plays for HJK Helsinki and the Finland national team, recently turned down an invitation to a…
No sane person would flush gold down a toilet, nor would one consume gold-encrusted meat, but Bayern Munich forward…
We’re all in agreement that holding the 2022 World Cup in Qatar is a bad idea, right? Like, historically bad, since…
Aside from the nonstop playoff losses, I imagine the worst thing about being a Washington D.C.-area sports fan is the…
A consultant group serving as the “External Compliance Monitor” for the 2022 FIFA World Cup released its second annual…
Iceland and the Czech Republic met yesterday for a friendly match, which the Czechs won 2-1 over Thor’s Mighty World…
Qatar is a loathsome county built on corruption, a labor system that closely resembles slavery, and the support of the…
The Aspire Academy’s listed mission statement is to “develop well educated sports champions” and “foster Qatar society…
Five Arab countries—Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen—have severed diplomatic ties with…
Judging by the looks of the newly renovated Khalifa International Stadium—the first stadium construction project the…
FIFA remains committed to hosting the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, where a projected 7,000 slaves will die in the process…
Riders from Etixx-Quickstep have won eight of the past 10 Tours of Qatar. The race’s crosswinds and wide roads are…
M.I.A., no stranger to sports-related lawsuits, has been threatened by French soccer club Paris Saint-Germain that,…
Sometimes it’s easy to get wrapped up in FIFA’s more bureaucratic forms of corruption and forget that the biggest crime…
Before Swiss agents rolled up on Zurich’s Baur au Lac hotel, snatched a handful of top FIFA execs, and put in motion…
The Gulf Cooperation Council—an intergovernmental body made up of a handful of Middle-Eastern nations—is sick and damn…
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