‘FIFA has failed to learn the lesson’ Human rights campaigners have called out FIFA as they look set to award the 2034 World Cup to Saudi Arabia. The Gulf State were confirmed as the sole bidder for the tournament after Australia pulled out of the bidding process. As a result, the Human Rights watch group […]
2 years ago
World Athletics is going to urge the Swiss government to challenge the decision Olympic champion Caster Semenya was discriminated against by rules forcing her to lower her testosterone levels in order to compete, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found. The South African, who had won two Olympics gold medals in the 800m […]
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‘There are universal values that should define football’ Australia have become the first team competing at the World Cup to release a collective statement criticising Qatar’s human rights record. 16 of the country’s players appeared in the video as they took aim at the host nation’s treatment of migrant workers and the LGBTQ+ community. Former […]
3 years ago
‘An ex-player paid to do this kind of thing…’ Eric Cantona has warned former teammate David Beckham that he is making a “big mistake” by taking on an ambassadorial role for the Qatar World Cup. Beckham has come under fire in recent months for his role to paint Qatar in a positive light and has […]
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The former football star is reportedly making £15 million a year working with the nation David Beckham‘s first commercial for World Cup hosts Qatar has attracted widespread condemnation. The former Manchester United and England star gushed about the nation in the slick new advert, riding a motorbike at one point through Doha, the capital city. […]
3 years ago
Joe Nathan James Jr was put on death row for the murder of Faith Hill An American prisoner could have experienced the longest recorded execution in US history after he was said to have been put through “three hours of pain” following a lethal injection gone wrong. Joe Nathan James Jr, who was put on […]
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