Saudi Arabia hosts 3×3 Basketball World Tour Nov. 11-12
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is preparing to host the 3×3 Basketball World Tour competitions in Diriyah from Nov. 11-12, as part of the activities of the second Diriyah Season 2022.
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World Cup ambassador calls homosexuality 'damage in the mind'
Former Qatari international and World Cup ambassador Khalid Salman has called homosexuality a "damage in the mind" in an interview to be aired on German TV on Tuesday, sparking condemnation by Berlin.
LGBT activists protest at FIFA Museum ahead of World Cup in Qatar
ZURICH : A few dozen people protested in front of the FIFA Museum in Zurich on Tuesday to press for the rights of the LGBT+ community ahead of the World Cup hosted by Gulf state Qatar.
Premier League 2023-24 season to kick off Aug 12
The 2023-24 Premier League season will kick off on Aug. 12 and will have a mid-season player break in January, the English top flight league said on Tuesday.
Eddie Howe hails Callum Wilson’s ‘brilliant mentality’ in bid for England call
Eddie Howe has saluted Callum Wilson’s “brilliant mentality” as he waits to see whether his latest battle to return from adversity will be rewarded with a World Cup call-up.
McCabe wouldn't play in Women's World Cup in Qatar
Katie McCabe says she wouldn't play in a World Cup in Qatar and expressed the hope that male players would take a stand against the host nation's regime on gay rights over the coming month.
Neymar ready to carry the weight of a nation on his shoulders
RIO DE JANEIRO: Fuelled by past disappointments at the World Cup, Neymar has been preparing for a long time to make sure he is in peak condition to lead Brazil into this year’s tournament in Qatar. Now aged 30, the world’s most expensive player has often struggled to live up to expectations and been hampered by injuries since joining Paris Saint-Germain from Barcelona in 2017 for a record 222 million euros. It is not so long ago that Neymar let slip that Qatar could be his last World Cup as he struggled with the demands of playing football at the highest level.
'Qatar is a mistake,' says former FIFA President Sepp Blatter
ZURICH: Sepp Blatter, the former president of FIFA when Qatar was awarded the 2022 World Cup hosting rights in 2010, told Swiss newspaper Tages Anzeiger "Qatar is a mistake," adding that "the choice was bad."