Matildas’ coach dodges questions about Saudi Arabia’s Women’s World Cup sponsorship

Matildas' coach dodges questions about Saudi Arabia's Women's World Cup sponsorship

Matildas coach Tony Gustavsson has sidestepped the issue of Saudi Arabia’s possible sponsorship of the Women’s World Cup, but suggested that his side’s values ​​don’t match those of the Middle Eastern kingdom. Visit Saudi – the tourism arm of a country with a human rights record described by Amnesty International as “appalling” – has been linked to the main sponsor of this year’s tournament. Women …

Continue

Women’s World Cup 2023: co-organizers Australia and New Zealand write to FIFA for Saudi sponsor

Women's World Cup 2023: co-organizers Australia and New Zealand write to FIFA for Saudi sponsor

Co-hosts Australia and New Zealand have asked Fifa to “urgently clarify” reports that Saudi Arabia’s tourism authority will be named as the official sponsor of the 2023 Women’s World Cup. The agreement with Saudi Arabia is set to be announced and has already been criticized by human rights groups. The Gulf Kingdom has been accused of violating human rights. Football Australia and New Zealand Football …

Continue

Saudi Arabia will sponsor the Women’s World Cup and strengthen ties with FIFA

Saudi Arabia will sponsor the Women's World Cup and strengthen ties with FIFA

Saudi Arabia’s tourist authority will sponsor the women’s soccer World Cup in Australia and New Zealand this year, despite the country’s history of suppressing women’s rights. FIFA is expected to confirm that Visit Saudi will join international brands such as Adidas, Coca-Cola and Visa in attaching its name to the 32-team tournament which will kick off in front of an expected 50,000 supporters at Auckland’s …

Continue

Exclusive: Leicester are in talks to sign the World Cup star needed to solve Rodgers’ key issue as West Ham, Wolves …

Exclusive: Leicester are in talks to sign the World Cup star needed to solve Rodgers' key issue as West Ham, Wolves ...

Leicester are in talks with Stoke City over a deal for defender Harry Souttar and are optimistic about signing him, TEAMtalk can reveal. Foxes boss Brendan Rodgers has picked the Australian giant World Cup star to bolster his defensive woes. Stoke centre-back Souttar  – who is 180 cm tall – was one of the standout players of the Australian team at the World Cup. Indeed, …

Continue

Uruguay: Fifa suspends four players for World Cup incidents

Uruguay: Fifa suspends four players for World Cup incidents

Four Uruguayan players received suspensions after clashing with the referee at the end of a World Cup match against Ghana last month. Fernando Muslera and Jose Maria Gimenez received four-match bans, while Diego Godin and Edinson Cavani were suspended for one match each. The Uruguayan players were angry after not being awarded a penalty. They won the match on December 2nd 2-0, but were eliminated …

Continue

Football chiefs will tear up the penalty rulebook to ban the game after Emi Martinez’s World C…

Football chiefs will tear up the penalty rulebook to ban the game after Emi Martinez's World C...

EMI MARTINEZ has been warned by football’s lawmakers: We’re coming for you. The Aston Villa keeper’s World Cup shootout antics for Argentina will see a major change in penalty rules next season. Martinez was the hero in the shootout wins over Holland and France as the South Americans prevailed in Qatar. But his gamesmanship and delaying tactics aimed at destabilizing opponents infuriated the international FA …

Continue

Amid management turmoil, USA kicks off new World Cup cycle with Serbia loss

Amid management turmoil, USA kicks off new World Cup cycle with Serbia loss

Alexi Lalas briefly described the environment surrounding the US national team’s first camp since the World Cup in Qatar. “January camps are always something strange,” the player-turned-satellite radio broadcaster told Sirius XM, “but this one is even more so because of the circumstances.” Amid those circumstances, a young squad without the vast majority of its World Cup representatives lost its first match since returning from …

Continue

Exclusive: World Cup workers could be deported from Qatar

Exclusive: World Cup workers could be deported from Qatar

Hundreds of migrant workers in Qatar employed as security guards during the World Cup at Fifa’s main media center and other key sites face deportation after launching an unprecedented street protest in Doha on Sunday against mass dismissals that followed the tournament. The protest was the culmination of a long-running labor dispute involving workers who were dismissed before the end of their six-month contracts to …

Continue

Morocco’s World Cup race – and the Englishman who helped plan it

Morocco's World Cup race - and the Englishman who helped plan it

“This is the question that everyone always asks!” But before Harrison Kingston answers, he has a warning. There is no ‘cheat’ code. Despite the amount of data and brainpower Morocco’s director of performance analysis pours into his laptop, he never spits out a foolproof playbook. He was unable to unlock a prepared route to goal and success when he worked at Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur or …

Continue