Football, however, was officially recognised as a sport in the country long before that. Qatar ... the team’s leading scorer in its Asian Cup triumph. In addition, winger Akram Afif and captain ...

Doha, Qatar: Hassan Al Haydos, the captain of the Qatari football national team, has announced his retirement from international play, culminating a remarkable career filled with numerous ...

European team captains will not wear anti-discrimination armbands in World Cup games in Qatar after threats from ... was "committed to using the power of football to effect positive change around ...

The initial promises of protest from a number of footballers and their teams ... that the captains of a number of sides would be wearing “One Love” armbands. Various national football ...

Joshua Kimmich, captain of the German men’s national football team, has said he and his teammates shouldn’t have expressed themselves in such a “political way” during the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

The captains of several European teams will not wear “OneLove ... genders and sexual identities – would not be worn in Qatar. “FIFA [football’s global governing body] has been very ...

An eighth armband is “Football is Joy, Peace, Hope, Love, Passion.” Men’s team captains from England ... at the men’s World Cup to protest Qatar’s laws against same-sex relationships.

There is no mention of a women’s team on the Qatar Football Association website ... the team’s 35-year-old captain and central midfielder (she is also an insurance broker), and finally ...

The teams planned for their captains to wear rainbow armbands with the words "OneLove" to promote LGBTQ rights. Homosexuality is illegal in Qatar ... the belief that football is for everyone ...

Speaking out against abuses in Qatar is possible, but consequences may vary depending on who you are. Philipp Lahm, captain of Germany’s 2014 world champion football team, received public praise ...

Soccer teams representing seven European nations at the World Cup announced Monday that their captains won’t wear LGBTQ armbands in Qatar after FIFA, which organizes the tournament, said players ...