World Cup countdown enters final week as focus sharpens on Qatar
The week-long countdown to the World Cup in Qatar began on Monday as the world's leading footballers focused their attention on one of the most controversial tournaments in history.
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Fans, trophy and teams arrive in Qatar for World Cup countdown
One week from kickoff, the World Cup trophy returned to Qatar on Sunday, teams and fans started arriving, and safety barriers went up across Doha ahead of one of the most controversial football tournaments ever.
Lewandowski leads Poland into World Cup combat
Robert Lewandowski will lead Poland's World Cup campaign with Barcelona's goalscoring machine among the 26-man squad for Qatar named by coach Czeslaw Michniewicz on Thursday.
FIFA forbids Danish World Cup squad to train in pro-human rights shirts
FIFA have rejected a bid by Denmark's World Cup squad to wear pro-human rights shirts in training, the Danish football federation (DBU) said Thursday.
Maddison gets England call for World Cup squad
James Maddison has been rewarded with a call-up to England's World Cup squad after his scintillating form for Leicester as Gareth Southgate showed faith in a series of players short on form or fitness.
Ziyech and Hakimi headline Morocco squad for World Cup
Morocco coach Walid Regragui called up Chelsea forward Hakim Ziyech and Paris Saint-Germain's Achraf Hakimi for his World Cup squad Thursday, less than two weeks before they kick off against Croatia.
Qatar has thousands of World Cup rooms available: official
Qatar World Cup organisers said Wednesday that there are still thousands of rooms available for the tournament despite fears that the tiny Gulf state would be overflowing with fans when the tournament starts this month.
World Cup ambassador in LGBTQ storm says Qatar 'will not change'
A Qatari World Cup ambassador who called homosexuality "damage in the mind" argued Wednesday his comments were misrepresented but insisted his country's conservative culture would not change.