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Soccer-UEFA repeats opposition to Super League in meeting with ESL backer A22 Sports

UEFA met with A22 Sports, the company backing a proposed European Super League (ESL), in Nyon on Tuesday and once again rejected the idea of a breakaway league, Europe's soccer governing body said.

Reuters

Iranian Players Threatened, Praised after Refusing to Celebrate Victory at Int'l Tournaments

Players of the Iranian beach soccer and wrestling teams were on Monday hailed as heroes on social media but risked sanctions at home after an apparent gesture in solidarity with the anti-regime protest movement at an international tournament. The Iranian team on Sunday won the Emirates Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup…

Asharq Al-Awsat

World Cup ambassador: Homosexuality is 'damage in the mind'

An ambassador for the World Cup in Qatar has described homosexuality as a “damage in the mind” in an interview with German public broadcaster ZDF only two weeks before the opening of the soccer tournament in the Gulf state

The Independent UK

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Soccer-Qatar World Cup ambassador says homosexuality is 'damage in the mind'

A Qatar World Cup ambassador has told German television broadcaster ZDF that homosexuality was "damage in the mind", as the Gulf state prepares to host the global tournament in less than two weeks.

Reuters

Factbox-Soccer-List of squads for the 2022 World Cup

Following is a list of players who have been called up by their respective teams for the Nov. 20-Dec. 18 World Cup in Qatar.

Reuters

Craft brewery faces backlash over its own ‘culture of fear’ after launching ‘anti–World Cup’ campaign

BrewDog was publicly accused of fostering a “culture of fear” last year.

Fortune

EXPLAINER: Carbon 'offsets' for World Cup in Qatar

Qatar has said the upcoming FIFA 2022 World Cup soccer tournament it’s hosting will be the first to be ‘carbon-neutral

The Independent UK

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Stephen Ferris leads the tributes to former Ireland star Paul McNaughton

The Wicklow man, who has died at 69, played rugby, soccer and Gaelic Football to a high level before becoming influential behind the scenes in rugby administration

Belfast Live

Qatar’s promise of ‘carbon-neutral’ World Cup raises doubts

Qatar has been on a ferocious construction spree that has few recent parallels in the long run-up to hosting the 2022 men's World Cup soccer tournament

The Independent UK

Tributes paid to former Ireland rugby coach, League of Ireland star and inter-county GAA player Paul McNaughton

The Wicklow man, who has died at 69, played rugby, soccer and Gaelic Football to a high level before becoming influential behind the scenes in rugby administration

Irish Mirror

Ex pro launches free football sessions in Hamilton in partnership with Lanarkshire recovery group

Former Livingston captain Stuart Lovell is leading the initiative and is encouraging locals to get involved

Daily Record

Ryan Reynolds Could Be Buying This NHL Team: Could Deadpool Actor Be The Latest Celebrity Team Owner?

Canadian-born actor Ryan Reynolds could be the latest celebrity owner of a North American sports team. Here’s the latest rumor in celebrity team ownership and which team Reynolds has his eye on.

Benzinga

Xherdan Shaqiri focused on soccer, not politics, as World Cup approaches

For some, the upcoming tournament is another example of sportswashing, with concerns about the treatment of migrant laborers, the LGBT community and women.

Chicago Sun-Times

STV Children’s Appeal raises more than £3.1m for charities

Famous faces helped raise the total as the tele-fundraiser aired at Street Soccer in Dundee on Friday.

The Independent UK

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Yokohama F.Marinos wins 1st title in 3 seasons

KOBE -- Yokohama F. Marinos clinched their first J.League first-division title in three seasons and fifth overall with a 3-1 victory over Vissel Kobe at Noevir Stadium Kobe on Saturday, ending Kawasaki Frontale's two-year reign at the top of Japanese soccer.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Sports in Qatar as country hosts 2022 World Cup

Qatar will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup but soccer isn’t the only sport played in the Gulf Arab country

USA Today Sports Media Group

A Neymar PUBG collaboration is part of the battle royale’s next update

Following rumors of the soccer player’s appearance in Call of Duty, it turns out Neymar is actually making an appearance in PUBG as well

The Philadelphia Inquirer

FIFA goes to college to study how to grow grass indoors for the 2026 men’s World Cup

PHILADELPHIA — As the bidding to host 2026 men’s World Cup games reached its climax, one of the many fair questions out there had to do with stadiums’ playing surfaces.

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Football Manager 2023 review – in the league of champions

Still gets you obsessed with soccer and managing.

The Guardian - US

Fifa backs executives after failure to tell players about sexually abusive coach

Victor Montagliani and Peter Montopoli were at Canada Soccer when the organization failed to tell players the real reason why now-convicted sex offender Bob Birada left in 2008

The Independent UK

A giant Maradona emerges in Argentina, days before World Cup

This year's World Cup will be the first without Diego Maradona

Los Angeles Times

U.S. Soccer to play two matches in L.A. after World Cup in Qatar

LOS ANGELES — The men's national soccer team will play its first two post-World Cup matches in Southern California, facing Serbia on Jan. 25 at Banc of California Stadium and Colombia on Jan. 28 at Dignity Health Sports Park.

Benzinga

Visa Partners With This Major Crypto Exchange To Launch NFT Collection Ahead Of FIFA World Cup 2022

Payments behemoth Visa Inc (NYSE: V) has announced a partnership with Crypto.com to launch an NFT collection of iconic goals from five legendary soccer play

The Independent UK

Former US soccer star Hope Solo’s DWI arrest with twin toddlers in backseat captured on bodycam video

Women’s World Cup winner described 31 March 2022 incident as ‘worst mistake of my life’

Asharq Al-Awsat

Why Some Iranians Want their Own Country Banned from World Cup

A group of current and former Iranian sportspeople say they have no choice but to turn on their own country, citing what they called state-sponsored violence and discrimination against ordinary Iranians, especially women. The group, containing former champions in sports such as karate, judo and wrestling, including those living in…

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