Published by Al-Araby The coaches of bitter geopolitical rivalsIran and the United States vowed to put animosity aside when their sides meet in the World Cup finals in Qatar, after being placed in the same group. The two countries were both drawn in Group B at the glitzy finals draw in Doha on Friday. Iran and the United States –
Published by DPA Iran coach Dragan Skočić has played down the political aspects of another World Cup group stage meeting with the United States, saying he and the team would only be focusing on football. The two teams will meet on November 29 at the Qatar tournament in Group B which also features England and possibly Ukraine as well. The
Published by Al-Araby The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) has asked that Egypt’s World Cup qualifier be replayed after the Pharaohs were knocked out by Senegal during a tense match in Dakar. The EFA said that star player Mohammad Salah was “attacked” by Senegal fans, who continuously shone green lasers into the eyes of the Egyptian players. “We asked for a
Published by Al-Araby More than 11 years after the beginning of the uprising that later turned into a war with multiple regional and international actors involved, the Syrian regime now controls almost 70% of Syrian territory. This is no thanks to the political, economic, and military assistance provided by its allies: Russia and Iran. At the same time, the normalisation
Published by Azer News By Trend Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan Akylbek Zhaparov received Ambassador of the State of Qatar to the Kyrgyz Republic Abdullah bin Ahmad Abdallah Saleh Al-Sulaiti, Trend reports with reference to Kabar. Akylbek Zhaparov noted the progressive nature of the Kyrgyz-Qatari cooperation and the existence of the necessary legal framework for further expanding
Published by Sports Illustrated By Daniel Chavkin The President commended the soccer team for returning to the World Cup later this year. Wednesday night, despite losing to Costa Rica, the U.S. Men’s National Team clinched a World Cup bid for the first time since 2014. Players, fans and analysts all over the country took to Twitter to celebrate the United
Published by Al-Araby As oil prices spike around the world in response to the war in Ukraine, many see this as the right moment to push countries towards energy independence to shelter themselves from the highs and lows of the international market. Oil companies and crude exporters, however, see this as an opportunity to make up for lost profit from
Published by Reuters UK By Ossian Shine and Simon Evans DOHA (Reuters) – Simmering tensions boiled to the surface at the FIFA congress on Thursday when Norway’s soccer chief Lise Klaveness hit out at the 2022 World Cup’s Qatari hosts over the country’s human rights record. The Norwegian Football Federation president, who became the body’s first female leader in its