2022 World Cup
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Argentina Players observed a “minute of silence” for Kylian Mbappe after Argentina beat France on penalties to win the 2022 World Cup. Mbappe scored a stunning hat-trick past Martinez in his second consecuti World Cup final appearance, including two penalties in the pulsating final. The Paris Saint-Germain superstar also converted his spot-kick in the shoot-out…
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England manager Gareth Southgate has launched an impassioned defence of Harry Maguire, insisting that the Three Lions need him in order to win the World Cup. After a stellar Euro 2020 campaign, Maguire’s form nosedived last season with Manchester United. He has since lost his place in the Red Devils’ starting lineup to summer signing…
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Citing human rights abuses, campaigns to stop Germany, Denmark and Norway from participating in the contest are gaining steam. But is Qatar being unfairly singled out? Campaigners are pressuring Germany, Denmark and Norway to boycott the 2022 FIFA World Cup in protest against human rights conditions in the host country, Qatar. They amount to the…
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Last week, the United States won the 2019 Women’s World Cup championship. The tournament, Franklin Foer wrote, was “an exhibition of excellence, a noble step in the struggle for gender equity.” In contrast, he argued, the 2022 Men’s World Cup, set to take place in Qatar, “will be an authoritarian regime’s vulgar vanity project, allegedly made…
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