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Madonna returns to form with fifteenth album 'Confessions II'

Pop icon Madonna released the fifteenth album of her decades-long career on Friday, "Confessions II", ahead of a performance to promote her new tracks at the half-time show of the Football World Cup final on July 19.

France 24

Paris 2024 Olympics begins crack down on undocumented construction workers

After the controversies surrounding the Football World Cup in Qatar, the Paris 2024 Olympic Games committee is keen to set a high standard on its construction sites. However, since the beginning of 2022, cases of exploitation of undocumented workers have multiplied.

Radio France Internationale

Scottish rugby fans should learn from football World Cup ahead of France 2023

SCOTTISH rugby fans should start thinking about travelling to the World Cup in France next year on a “carbon neutral basis” – while…

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Activists take Qatar workers protest to FIFA boss's home town

An activist group erected protest billboards in FIFA boss Gianni Infantino's Swiss home town of Brig on Wednesday to demand the world soccer body compensate migrant workers for alleged human rights abuses in Qatar, host of the football World Cup.

Reuters

Nigel Owens column: I'm fed up of the Wales rugby or football debate

The football World Cup is finally upon us, and performing on such a grand stage can only benefit football, rugby and all sports in Wales

Wales Online

Some nimble footwork might save the day

It's been quite an entertaining week trying to figure out whether or not we will be able to watch the Football World Cup on Thai television. The lively debate has prompted a number of own goals, yellow cards and even a few porky pies.

Bangkok Post

GCC Slams German Remarks over Qatar’s Hosting of World Cup

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Dr. Nayef Al-Hajraf condemned on Saturday remarks by Germany’s Interior Minister Nancy Faeser over Qatar’s hosting of the football World Cup in November. In a statement published by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), Al-Hajraf underscored the stance of GCC countries in supporting Qatar in confronting…

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TOWIE and Love Island star Olivia Attwood lands in Australia ahead of filming for I'm A Celeb 2022

The show is set to return on Sunday November 6 - a week earlier than normal to minimise a clash with the football World Cup which starts on November 21

Wales Online

Qatar World Cup Ticket Sales Near 3 Million, Says Infantino

Ticket sales for the football World Cup are approaching the three-million mark ahead of the tournament kicking off in Qatar on Nov. 20, FIFA's president Gianni Infantino and event organizers said on Monday. The top three purchasing countries of the 2.89 million tickets sold are Qatar, the United States and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Capital gains and losses during Olympics and World Cup

It's been two tales for the city of Paris over the past few days. First the bigwigs at the Hotel de Ville issued an edict that they would not be financing fan zones and giant screens during the football World Cup next month in Qatar. And then on a day…

Radio France Internationale

Qatar Population Surges 13.2% in Year Leading Up to World Cup

Qatar's population has surged by 13.2% over the last year, official data showed, as the Gulf Arab state recruits thousands of overseas workers ahead of hosting the football World Cup next month to cope with an unprecedented influx of fans. The wealthy gas producer's population stood at 2.94 million after…

Asharq Al-Awsat

France to contribute officers to World Cup security in Qatar amid boycott calls

France’s decision to send officers to Qatar to help with security for the looming football World Cup has raised eyebrows amid mounting calls to boycott the event over human rights abuses. The deployment of an international force – with security from the US, the UK, Turkey and beyond – also…

France 24

Paris joins list of cities to snub giant screens for World Cup fan zones

Paris, Marseille and Bordeaux have become the latest French citites to back away from centrally located fan zones to celebrate the football World Cup which starts on 20 November in Qatar.

Radio France Internationale

Football World Cup fanzone plans to go ahead at South Liverpool cricket club

The proposals had been ardently opposed by residents around Sefton Park

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Global ad market faces ‘car crash’ next year amid cost of living crisis

Industry bullish in build-up to football World Cup but marketing spend an ‘easy cost to cut’ as demand slows

The Times of India

Chess Olympiad: Indian GM duo in charge of Brazil teams

CHENNAI: The name Brazil evokes passion among millions of football fans from across the world. The South American giants are one of the favourites for the football World Cup in Qatar later this year, but Brazil isn’t a mug on the 64 squares either.

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