World Cup digest: Minister wants holders to make voices heard on human rights
The French sports minister urged the national football team on Thursday to make themselves heard amid a row over FIFA's threat of sanctions for the OneLove armband.
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French sports minister urges national team to speak up in armband row
DOHA : The French sports minister urged the national football team on Thursday to make themselves heard amid a row over FIFA's threat of sanctions for the "OneLove" armband.
Welsh First Minister tells Infantino to stop digging
DOHA : Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford said that FIFA President Gianni Infantino was in a hole and should stop digging after he accused critics of World Cup host Qatar of hypocrisy.
German interior minister reconsidering Qatar World Cup visit - dpa
BERLIN : The German interior minister's attendance at the soccer World Cup in Qatar, which starts on Nov. 20, is not a done deal, according to a report by the dpa news agency.
Qatar minister slams hypocrisy of people calling for World Cup boycott
People calling for a boycott of the World Cup in Qatar are from a handful of countries that do not represent the rest of the world which is looking forward to the tournament, Qatar's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani has said.
Qatar's foreign ministry summons German ambassador over minister's World Cup remarks
CAIRO : Qatar's foreign ministry summoned on Friday the German ambassador and handed him a protest memorandum over interior minister Nancy Faeser's comments regarding Qatar's hosting of the 2022 football World Cup.
Gymnasts repeat calls to sport minister for investigation into toxic culture of abuse
TORONTO — Seven months after they first appealed to the federal government for an independent investigation into their sport, more than 500 current and former gymnasts are repeating their call to action.