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CNN —FIFA’s outgoing Secretary General Fatma Samoura said she was encouraged by the global support Jenni Hermoso received after Luis Rubiales’ unwanted kiss on her following Spain’s triumph in the Women’s World Cup final, saying the Spanish football federation president’s actions partly “ruined” the tournament and “derailed” the world champion’s joyous celebrations. Rubiales resigned from his roles as president of the Spanish Football Federation and one of UEFA's vice-presidents. I think we have to have 211 member associations deciding who’s the best for the FIFA president. Samoura shakes hands with Spain's Salma Paralluelo during the award ceremony following the 2023 Women's World Cup final. It takes 1,000 people to organize the World Cup, it takes even more to fight all forms of discrimination in the stadium,” said Samoura.
Persons: CNN —, General Fatma Samoura, Jenni Hermoso, Luis Rubiales, , ” Samoura, Darren Lewis, Rubiales, Irina R, Hipolito, , Samoura, George Floyd, Catherine Ivill, Hermoso, Jorge Vilda, Jenni, you’ve, Shane Anthony SInclair, “ It’s, Gianni Infantino, ” Infantino, FairSquare, Lise Klaveness, Klaveness, Infantino, Spain's Salma Paralluelo, Alex Pantling, Sepp Blatter, Jérôme Valcke Organizations: CNN, Spanish, Spanish Football Federation, Europa Press, UN, FIFA, Samoura, Amnesty, Norway, organisation’s, FIFA Congress, Locations: Spanish, Africa, London, Spain, America, Russia, Qatar, Australia, New Zealand, Doha, Kigali
If you watch winners in dresses, you think winners wear dresses. And it exists, Ms. Fleshman said, “until someone asks to change it.” Until someone says, effectively, “Wait — why are we doing it this way?”Wait. Wait, why are athletes wearing white shorts and wondering if spectators can tell they are menstruating instead of focusing on doing their job? Wait, why are the armholes of basketball jerseys so enormous that they act like windows to the sports bra? Or so found Hajo Adam, an organizational psychologist at the University of Bath in England, and Adam D. Galinsky in their 2012 paper, “Enclothed Cognition,” which looked at the effect white lab coats have on the wearers.
Persons: Sepp Blatter, Fleshman, “ It’s, Ms, Howard, , Adam, Adam D Organizations: FIFA, AIBA, University of Bath, Durham University, aha Locations: England
Except, this week, nobody is talking about the ‘beautiful game’ after the shameful racist abuse of Real Madrid star Vinícius Jr. sent LaLiga into crisis management mode. Instead, it must pass investigations into incidents of racist abuse onto local prosecutors, who deal with them as legal cases. 10 when nine previous incidents of racist abuse seemingly were not enough to spark meaningful action? Vinícius Jr. points to a fan in the stand who allegedly racially abused him during Real Madrid's match at Valencia. Fort says CEOs called Sepp Blatter to ask him to step down as FIFA president.
CNN —Reem Al-Haddad still remembers how excited she felt when Qatar won the right to host the 2022 World Cup. “The World Cup has almost always been in Western nations. The report did not connect all 6,500 deaths with World Cup infrastructure projects and has not been independently verified by CNN. She still remembers watching the 2002 World Cup from home, cheering on Italy before it was knocked out by host South Korea in the round of 16. “That person who watched the World Cup behind the screen never believed that she would actually get to experience it in real life,” she added.
The PSG chaiman also told Anderson that he believes media criticism of the country was down to the fact that many had not visited Qatar. The 49-year-old told Anderson that PSG would want any potential bidder to share a long-term commitment to the club. The 49-year-old told Anderson that he remains opposed to the idea, but is not against other changes. Al-Khelaifi told Anderson that PSG has a two-year contract with Messi, but will discuss his next steps after the tournament ends. Al-Khelaifi told Anderson he expected the star to be okay for the tournament’s knock-out stages, but that he needs referees to give him more protection.
How Qatar ended up hosting the World Cup
  + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +8 min
CNN —With the World Cup now underway in Qatar, many are wondering how this moment arrived – that a tiny Gulf nation with little footballing history ended up hosting the biggest event the sport has to offer. The country’s World Cup debut was 12 years in the making, a period in which Qatar’s host status has stirred controversy within the footballing community and beyond. Those included a lack of existing infrastructure and the region’s intense heat in the summer, when World Cup tournaments are traditionally held. But questions about just how Qatar won the right to stage the World Cup continue. Meanwhile, Qatar’s state-backed discrimination against LGBTQ people has also been criticized in the years leading up to the World Cup.
How Do You Pronounce Qatar? Probably Incorrectly.
  + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Sarah Lyall | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +8 min
WORLD CUP 2022 The 2022 World Cup is being hosted in Qatar, which, as everyone knows, is pronounced . Sepp Blatter, the former FIFA president, announcing in 2010 that “Ka-TAR” would host the 2022 World Cup. Hassan Al Thawadi, secretary general of Qatar’s World Cup organization QatarThis has not helped alleviate the general confusion among visitors. “I know it’s probably not the correct way — KUH-ter is for those who probably know what they’re talking about a little bit more — but I’m going with Ka-TAR.”Walker Zimmerman of the United States national team knows he doesn’t say Qatar correctly. Martin Tyler, the legendary Sky Sports broadcaster who is working his 12th World Cup this year, said he would do the same.
On Sunday the globe’s gaze will turn to the controversial hosts of this year’s soccer World Cup, Qatar. (The Qatar body responsible for putting on the 2022 World Cup has strongly denied these claims.) According to official Qatari figures, 38 migrant workers have died while working on official World Cup projects. An investigation by The Guardian, however, estimates up to 6,500 migrant worker deaths since the World Cup was awarded to the Gulf country, though it’s not clear what their exact relation to World Cup infrastructure was. But the people of the Middle East shouldn’t be punished by having the World Cup tournament withdrawn for the failures of their governments.
DOHA, Nov 17 (Reuters) - FIFA President Gianni Infantino will serve another four-year term at the helm of world soccer’s governing body after emerging as the only candidate for the next election in March. He will be re-elected at the FIFA congress in Rwanda in March for a third term. Infantino won the FIFA presidency in 2016 on an initial three-year term, replacing Sepp Blatter, and was re-elected in 2019. He thanked more than 200 members associations who FIFA said had offered him their backing for another term as President. Infantino was then re-elected unopposed, having won a second term at FIFA’s Paris Congress in 2019.
Nov 17 (Reuters) - Former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner can be extradited from his homeland of Trinidad to the United States to face corruption charges, a London court said on Thursday. Warner's lawyers argued that his extradition was unlawful but London's Privy Council, the highest court of appeal for many Commonwealth countries, unanimously dismissed his appeal. In 2020 a U.S. Department of Justice indictment said bribes were paid to soccer officials to secure their votes for hosting rights. The DOJ alleged that then FIFA vice-president Warner was paid $5 million through various shell companies to vote for Russia to host the 2018 World Cup. Reporting by Sam Tobin in London and Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Toby ChopraOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
CNN —“Sport should not be politicized,” French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday, three days before the start of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. “It should be when hosting the event is decided, whether it is the World Cup or the Olympic Games, that we must honestly ask ourselves the question. “And whether the question is on the climate or human rights, it is not necessary to ask it when the event comes. The 2022 World Cup has attracted controversy ever since it was awarded to Qatar, with concerns over human rights, treatments of migrant workers and the environment. A report from Human Rights Watch (HRW) published in October documented alleged cases of beatings and sexual harassment.
The Most Unlikely Host in World Cup History
  + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Joshua Robinson | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
In December 2010, then-FIFA president Sepp Blatter opened an envelope in Zurich and shocked the soccer universe. The 2022 World Cup, he announced, would be held in the tiny Gulf emirate of Qatar—in the desert, in air-conditioned stadiums, in the middle of summer. Never mind that temperatures would soar above 105 degrees in downtown Doha. Or that Qatar’s national team had never even been to a World Cup. The world’s largest sporting event was heading to a country roughly the size of Jamaica with the population of Brooklyn.
CNN —Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter thinks Iran should be barred from the upcoming World Cup in Qatar, a Swiss paper and online news website quoted him as saying Friday. Swiss outlet ‘Blick’ showed a video of the former FIFA President at a talk at its publisher’s headquarters on Thursday. Meanwhile, soccer player Sardar Azmoun risks missing out on being selected for the World Cup after criticizing the government. Football and the World Cup are too big for it,” Blatter said of Qatar, the first country in the Middle East to host the tournament. The World Cup starts on November 20 with Iran starting its campaign against England on November 21.
ZURICH, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter thinks Iran should be barred from the World Cup amid widespread protests in the Islamic Republic sparked by the death of a woman in the custody of morality police, a Swiss paper quoted him on Friday as saying. "Iran should be excluded from the World Cup," the Blick tabloid reported, saying Blatter at a talk at its publisher's headquarters had demanded harsh consequences and that he would have removed Iran from competition had he still been in charge. The protests in Iran pose one of the boldest challenges to Iran's clerical rulers since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The Blick paper cited Blatter as saying it was incomprehensible that FIFA head Gianni Infantino had not taken a clear position on Iran. Blatter, 86, had made waves this week by saying it had been a mistake to award Qatar the hosting rights to the World Cup, which begins on Nov. 20.
CNN —The men’s Danish soccer team has been forbidden from wearing training shirts showing human rights messaging at this month’s World Cup in Qatar. The Danish Football Federation’s (DBU) CEO, Jakob Jensen, revealed the ban in an interview with Danish publication DR Sporten, released on Thursday. “We are of the opinion that the message Human Rights for All is universal and is not a political call, but it should be something that all people can support.”FIFA abides by the International Football Association Board’s (IFAB) Laws of the Game and declined to comment on the matter when CNN reached out. Tournament organizers at the time disputed Hummel’s claims and said they have engaged in “robust and transparent dialogue” with the DBU. The 2022 World Cup runs from November 20 through to December 18.
CNN —FIFA announced on Thursday that shared flights have been organized to permit Israeli and Palestinian fans into Qatar to watch the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The temporary direct charter flights between Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv and Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar, represent the only official direct flights between the two nations. READ: Qatar World Cup ‘is a mistake,’ says former FIFA President Sepp BlatterThe Director General of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Alon Ushpiz, said: “Today’s announcement will allow Israeli citizens to freely travel to Qatar and attend matches at the World Cup. We have always said that anyone with a World Cup match ticket will be allowed to enter Qatar. Because of this agreement, Palestinians will now be able to enjoy the first World Cup in the Arab and Muslim world.”The 2022 FIFA World Cup runs from November 20 through December 18.
Reuters —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.”The Qatar decision has been marred by controversy, including allegations of corruption and human rights violations, since it was first announced. Blatter, who led FIFA for 17 years, has also been embroiled in accusations of corruption during his tenure. Football and the World Cup are too big for it,” Blatter said of Qatar, the first country in the Middle East to host the tournament. “Since then, social considerations and human rights are taken into account,” he said. Blatter said he will be watching the tournament, which kicks off in less than two weeks, from his home in Zurich.
CNN —Gerard Piqué’s football career ended in ignominious fashion as he was red carded from the substitute’s bench, but Barcelona nevertheless secured an important 2-1 victory against Osasuna. With Robert Lewandowski also red carded in the first half, Barça fought back from a goal down to move five points clear of rival Real Madrid at the top of La Liga. Osasuna took an early lead in the sixth minute of Tuesday’s game when David García headed in from a corner. Lewandowski reacts after being given his marching orders against Osasuna. “Our team’s shown the most maturity since I’ve been here,” Barça manager Xavi told reporters after the game.
'Qatar is a mistake,' says former FIFA President Sepp Blatter
  + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
ZURICH, Nov 8 (Reuters) - 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." The Qatar decision has been marred by controversy, including allegations of corruption and human rights violations, since it was first announced. Blatter, who led FIFA for 17 years, has also been embroiled in accusations of corruption during his tenure. Football and the World Cup are too big for it," Blatter said of Qatar, the first country in the Middle East to host the tournament. "Since then, social considerations and human rights are taken into account," he said.
Swiss prosecutors appeal against acquittals of Blatter, Platini
  + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
Former UEFA President Michel Platini speaks to the media after a trial at the Swiss Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona, Switzerland July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd WiegmannZURICH, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Swiss federal prosecutors have filed an appeal to overturn the acquittals of former FIFA President Sepp Blatter and France footballing great Michel Platini on corruption charges, they said on Thursday. Switzerland's Federal Criminal Court had cleared the two in July after a seven-year investigation in which both were booted out of the sport. A judge said the pair's account of a 'gentlemen's agreement' for FIFA to pay Platini 2 million Swiss francs ($1.99 million)for consulting work was credible, and serious doubts existed about the prosecution's allegation that it was a fraudulent payment. ($1=1.0049 Swiss francs)Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Michael Shields; Editing by Clarence Fernandez/Peter RutherfordOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Top 7 cele mai mari scandaluri din sport din ultima decadă
  + stars: | 2021-04-05 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md   time to read: +5 min
Lumea sportului și nu numai a fost șocată, însă nu atât de mult cât a fost atunci când investigația poliției braziliene a descoperit că sportivul american inventase întreaga poveste. Lochte a fost suspendat pentru 10 luni, iar ceilalți trei au primit suspendări de 4 luni. Doar doi ani mai târziu, același Lochte a fost prins dopat și cariera sa a spiralat în adâncuri nebănuite. Sharapova a susținut că a utilizat în ultimii zece ani aceast susținător cardiac, care intrase pe lista substanțelor interzise chiar la începutul lui 2016. În urma investigației, lui Lance i-au fost anulate toate rezultatele și a fost suspendat pe viață din activitatea sportivă.
Persons: Ryan Lochte, Lochte, Bryan Colangelo, Colangelo, . Luiz, Constantin Mazilescu, Giorgio, argentinianul, Giorgio Chellini, Maria, rusoaica, Sharapova, WADA, Sepp Blatter, Lance Armstrong, Oprah . Lance Armstrong, Lance Organizations: NFL, NBA, Philadelphia 76ers, Barcelonei, Atletico Madrid, Liverpool, Liga, Australian Open, Federația Internațională, Rusiei, Cupa, FIFA, Agenția Americană, US Postal Locations: Rio, american, Italia, Albion, Rusiei, Rusia, Qatar, Franței, HGH
Federaţia Internaţională de Fotbal a anunţat că a depus o plângere, la un tribunal din Zurich, împotriva fostei conduceri şi, în special, a fostului preşedinte Sepp Blatter.Forul a precizat că a deschis o acțiune în justiție, după ce o anchetă făcută de experţi externi a scos la iveală dovezi ale unei presupuse administrări defectuoase de fonduri legate de deschiderea muzeului FIFA.Costul total al acestui proiect, estimat la 460 de milioane euro, trebuia să fie dedicat dezvoltării fotbalului. Totodată, doar pentru renovarea clădirii, s-au investit aproape 130 de milioane de euro.Fosta conducere a FIFA s-a angajat, la rândul ei, să plătească o chirie pentru clădirea respectivă care se va ridica la 331 de milioane de euro până în 2045. Auditul efectuat de experţi a relevat o gamă largă de circumstanţe suspecte şi eşecuri în gestionare, dintre care unele pot fi de natură penală.La rândul său, Sepp Blatter a negat categoric toate acuzaţiile, prin intermediul avocatului său.La sfârşitul lunii noiembrie, atât Blatter şi fostul preşedinte UEFA Michel Platini au făcut obiectul unei noi proceduri judiciare în Elveţia pentru escrocherie şi abuz de încredere.
Persons: Federaţia, preşedinte Sepp Blatter.Forul, experţi, Sepp Blatter, UEFA Michel Platini Organizations: Fotbal, FIFA, UEFA Locations: Federaţia Internaţională, Zurich, preşedinte, Elveţia
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