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Chinese President, Xi Jinping, praised Qatar on Friday for organising a stellar FIFA World Cup, Anadolu News Agency reports. Qatar's Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, held official...

Fans at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar are on pace to spend record amounts at tournament venues, according to data from Visa, the event's official payment partner, Bloomberg...

An English fan with blue eyes and blond hair chanted "freedom for Palestine" on an Israeli channel, during a live broadcast. This incident was like a thunderbolt against the...

As the race for football's biggest prize heats up, the last eight nations in the running include most of the usual suspects, barring one jarring – and much celebrated...

Former Cameroon and Barcelona football star Samuel Eto'o issued an apology yesterday after he was filmed kneeing an Algerian YouTuber in the face, after being approached by the social...

The head of the Islamic Movement in Israel, Sheikh Raed Salah, said on Tuesday that Palestinians will foil Israeli efforts to Judaise occupied Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque, Arab48.com has...

Morocco qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals after beating Spain 3-0 on penalties on Tuesday.

Many supporters were up in arms at the idea of the World Cup taking place in a conservative country like Qatar, where the sale of alcohol is highly restricted,...

Germany's Ambassador to Qatar has urged his country to reconsider its recent criticism of Doha, warning that recent comments had caused "serious harm", Spiegel reports. According to the report,...

Moroccans have been flying into Qatar for their team's knockout World Cup match against Spain on Tuesday, even as fans already in the country have been scrambling for tickets,...

The Morocco national football team is due to play against Spain today at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. If Morocco wins, it will be the first Arab football...

We were mistaken to think that Palestine represents the central issue for all Arabs. Such language suggests that Palestine is an external subject, to be compared to other collective...

The Royal Moroccan Football Federation has persuaded football's world governing body FIFA to allocate additional tickets for Morocco v Spain match in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Moroccan...

A Qatar TV mocked the Germans by covering their mouths and waving goodbye in a nod to the protest from the German players at the start of the tournament.

The Palestine football team did not qualify for the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, but the Palestinians had more than one team playing in their name. They had an...

The head of the Islamic Movement in Israel, Sheikh Raed Salah, has praised the World Cup currently taking place in Qatar, saying the organisers have conveyed a bright and...

Qatari security stopped two British football fans and asked them not to enter Al Bayt Stadium to watch the game between Team USA and their country's national team because...

Players from the Tunisian football team tried to help a Tunisia fan who ran onto the pitch waving a Palstine flag, during the North African country's stunning victory over France in the 2022 World Cup. Fans could be heard chanting 'Palestine!' in support of the pitch invader, who was manhandled by a large group of security staff, prompting jeers from spectators and interventions from the Tunisian team

FIFA World cup football supporters from Morocco and Senegal dance together

I am not a football fan, but I have been watching the FIFA World Cup in Qatar with extreme joy, unmatched by anything else in this sad time for...

I am neither a football fan nor a follower of the sport. Rather, I am critical of the unimaginable extravagance that the game has spawned, not least the salaries...

As Qatar makes history as the first Muslim country to host the FIFA World Cup, the language of Western media outlets about the tournament is being criticised as racist,...

The International Federation of Football Associations, FIFA, is a flawed governing body which has chosen to ignore a whole raft of corruption allegations — all denied — that it...

Iran has released more than 700 detainees after its national team's World Cup victory over Wales last Friday, according to a judicial source. "Based on a special decision by...

Former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, criticised the ongoing attack on Qatar during its hosting of the World Cup, under the pretext of gay rights, stressing that the tournament...

The Brazilian Ambassador to Palestine, Francisco Mauro Holland Brasil, watched the FIFA World Cup football match between his national team and Switzerland in a Palestinian refugee camp in Rafah...

Syrians displaced by more than a decade of fighting have been given a tent for watching World Cup games, as part of a Qatari charity initiative to bring the games to refugee camps across the Middle East. This tent was set up in the al-Muhammadiya camp in Afrin, northern Syria

The Shura (Consultative) Council in Qatar yesterday expressed its rejection of a recent resolution by the European Parliament regarding human rights in the Gulf country. The parliament adopted a...

Tensions are set to rise between the US and Iran, not only in the political realm but also on the football pitch ahead of tomorrow's much-anticipated encounter at the...

Good results on day 9 of the world cup for Cameroon and Ghana. Cameroon came back from 3-0 down against Serbia to draw 3-3 and Ghana beat South Korea 3-2, in two thrilling encounters in Qatar

Everyone seems to be eating, breathing and sleeping football during the FIFA World Cup being held in Qatar. It dominates conversations in Arab countries. With everyone's mind on football,...

Rioting broke out in Brussels on Sunday following Morocco's victory over Belgium in the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, Belgian police have reported. Morocco won 2-0 in the group...