Do fans still trust referees and VAR at the World Cup?
Do fans still trust referees and VAR at the World Cup?
Category Archives: Sport
Rights group plans complaint to IOC against Infantino over Trump support
FairSquare says it will lodge the complaint regarding the FIFA president's 'repeated breach of political neutrality'.
Morocco dealt huge blow as injured Saibari out of World Cup quarterfinal
Ismael Saibari will miss the match against France in Boston due to a hamstring injury sustained last week.
Wildcard Fery faces Zverev in Wimbledon semis, as Kostyuk meets Noskova
A partisan Centre Court backed home hope and world number 114 Fery in his incredible fairytale run to the last four.
White House’s World Cup head defends Trump lobbying Fifa over red card
Andrew Giuliani claims actions of referee Raphael Claus over US player Folarin Balogun ‘very, very highly suspicious’
Andrew Giuliani, head of the White House’s World Cup taskforce, has defended Donald Trump’s lobbying of Fifa to lift the suspension of US player Folarin Balogun for Monday’s game against Belgium.
The US president claimed that Brazilian referee Raphael Claus, who showed Balogun a red card in the match against Bosnia and Herzegovina, was “a little bit suspect, if you check his past”. This was apparently a reference to a match-fixing investigation by Brazil’s senate in 2024 that examined how referees were assigned to games but did not accuse Claus of wrongdoing.
Continue reading...The curse of Donald Trump: where he goes, sporting defeat follows
The USMNT’s World Cup crashout is the latest episode to suggest the support and intervention of Donald J Trump brings bad luck
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Breaking a mirror. Walking under a ladder. Spilling salt. A black cat crossing one’s path.
After the events of this week, it feels safe to add one more item to the list of things said to bring bad luck: the support and intervention of Donald J Trump.
Continue reading...FIFA World Cup 2026: Biggest takeaways from the round of 16
The last-16 phase is now behind us with plenty of key talking points as the tournament enters the quarterfinals.
World Cup Golden Boot: Messi leads Mbappe, Haaland before quarterfinals
Messi is the top goal scorer after tallying his eighth against Egypt, with Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe next best.
The Iranian Striker: The journey of Mehdi Taremi | Al Jazeera Originals
From Bushehr to the world stage, Mehdi Taremi reflects on football, sacrifice and representing Iran.
World Cup: Which teams made the quarterfinals, and what’s the schedule?
Complete FIFA World Cup 2026 quarterfinals lineup, with match start times and venue locations inside the United States.
French prosecutors investigate racist abuse of Kylian Mbappé by Paraguayan senator
Celeste Amarilla could face charges after French Football Federation complains about social media posts over World Cup match
Prosecutors in France have opened an investigation into the racist attack on Kylian Mbappé by a Paraguayan senator, with officials weighing whether to demand that the senator be charged with aggravated public insult or incitement to hatred or violence.
The Paris prosecutor’s office told the Guardian on Tuesday it had launched the inquiry after the French Football Federation (FFF) filed a complaint with the national unit for combating online hate.
Continue reading...The World Cup is exposing the contradictions of national identity
Teams shaped by migration and diaspora are challenging exclusionary ideas of who belongs.
Mbappe slams racism by Paraguay’s Amarilla at World Cup: What we know
Footballers of African descent are often subjected to racist abuse on and off the pitch.
Argentina vs Egypt LIVE: FIFA World Cup 2026 round of 16
Live coverage and text updates as Argentina play Egypt in the round of 16 knockout stage.
Female US rower reflects on ‘surreal’ record-breaking journey from California to Hawaii
Kelsey Pfendler, 32, says she hopes her solo 2,400-mile trek across the mid-Pacific inspires other women to take risks
A Grand Canyon river-rafting guide who recently became the first US woman to row solo from California to Hawaii – traveling in record time – says she hopes her accomplishment inspires other women to push their limits and take risks.
“It’s really motivating to think [that], maybe one day, I will get to see another woman work even harder to do what I did,” Kelsey Pfendler, 32, told ABC’s Good Morning America program on Monday, three days after completing the record-setting journey across the mid-Pacific. “And it would be so special to watch.”
Continue reading...FIFA World Cup: Argentina vs Egypt, Ronaldo exit and Mbappe condemns racism
Argentina continue their knockout journey against Egypt as Switzerland and Colombia also fight for progression.
Switzerland vs Colombia: FIFA World Cup last 16 – prediction, start, news
Colombia, the World Cup's dangerous outsiders, take on Switzerland in Vancouver for a place in the quarterfinals.
FIFA defends Balogun red card referee after Trump calls him ‘a bit suspect’
Raphael Claus is 'one of the world's leading professional referees', FIFA says, following Trump's comments.
FIFA defends Balogun red card referee after Trump calls him ‘a bit suspect’
Raphael Claus is 'one of the world's leading professional referees', FIFA says, following Trump's comments.
Balogun reprieve in vain as Belgium beat USA to set up Spain quarterfinal
Folarin Balogun's starting place, after a suspended red card, unable to influence USA, who succumb to superior Belgium.