Rainbow-themed badge adorns US training facility at Qatar World Cup
QATAR : The U.S. men's World Cup squad are showing their support for the LGBTQ community by way of a rainbow-themed team logo inside their training facility and media workroom.
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Focus should be on football at Qatar World Cup, says Brazil FA
Brazil's soccer ruling body (CBF) has backed FIFA's message of focusing on the football at the World Cup in Qatar, a week after several European nations urged FIFA to take action to improve the rights of migrant workers in the host country.
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.
FIFA urges World Cup teams to focus on soccer over politics
ZURICH (AP) — Soccer's top officials have urged the 32 teams preparing for the most political World Cup in the modern era to focus on the game in Qatar and avoid handing out lessons in morality.
Soccer-Tennis great King says Qatar World Cup can be force for good
LONDON : Tennis trailblazer Billie Jean King has spent her life fighting for gender equality and championing the rights of the LGBTQ community so it would hardly be surprising if she joined the long list of those criticising Qatar as World Cup hosts.
Soccer-British LGBT activist urges captains to speak out in Qatar
(Reuters) - British activist Peter Tatchell said he hopes team captains at this year's World Cup in Qatar will follow the example set by Australia and reaffirm the rights of LGBTs, women and migrant workers during the tournament.
Qatar police stop protest by British LGBT activist
DOHA -Qatari police on Tuesday stopped a one-man protest by British LGBT activist Peter Tatchell outside the national museum of the Gulf Arab state which hosts soccer's World Cup next month.
Human rights group says Qatar has detained and mistreated LGBT people ahead of World Cup
DOHA: Security forces in Qatar arbitrarily arrested and abused LGBT Qataris as recently as last month, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday (Oct 24), in the run-up to hosting football's World Cup which has put a spotlight on human rights issues in the Gulf Arab state.