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Former Premier League referee rejects FIFA World Cup request in Qatar protest

Uriah Rennie was a Premier League referee for 12 years, as well as being on the FIFA list for four years, but opted to rejected a request from the World Cup in a protest against Qatar

Daily Mirror

England stars fly to Qatar on Gay Pride jet in early show of World Cup defiance

The Three Lions are making the seven hour flight from Birmingham to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar on a 'Rain Bow' Virgin Atlantic A350 Airbus

Daily Mirror

What Harry Kane and Jurgen Klopp have said about World Cup after Bruno Fernandes criticism

Manchester United's Bruno Fernandes spoke out against Qatar on Sunday, saying that the World Cup should be done 'in a better way', becoming the latest football personality to speak out against the tournament

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Joe Lycett will shred £10,000 of his own money if David Beckham doesn't drop out of World Cup

David has one week to obey Joe's demand

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Sport is not ‘apolitical’ when countries such as Qatar are hosting it

FOLLOWING the letter sent by Fifa to all nations competing in the World Cup asking them to “not allow football to be dragged into ideological or…

The National (Scotland)

World Cup 2022 briefing: squads take shape as Qatar kick-off looms

Our daily rundown will be available through the tournament, but here is a taster to set the scene with barely a week to go

The Guardian - UK

England will defy FIFA at 2022 World Cup and ignore plea from football's governing body

FIFA has urged countries competing at the World Cup in Qatar to "let football take the stage" but Gareth Southgate says it's "highly unlikely" that England will comply with the governing body's plea

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Qatar 2022 ambassador slammed for anti-gay comments

An ambassador for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar has been slammed after describing homosexuality as a “damage in the mind” in an interview – only two weeks before the opening of the soccer tournament

Radio France Internationale

Qatar World Cup ambassador warns that LGBT people 'have to accept our rules'

He described homosexuality as "damage in the mind".

Irish Mirror

Adam Price criticises Mark Drakeford's World Cup trip as Qatar ambassador says homosexuality is 'damage in the mind'

'As a gay man, who could not travel safely to Qatar to support our team in the World Cup... it sends the wrong message'

Wales Online

Qatar World Cup ambassador calls homosexuality 'damage in the mind'

AN ambassador for the World Cup in Qatar has described homosexuality as “damage in the mind”, just two weeks before the opening of the football…

The National (Scotland)

A top Qatar ambassador just said homosexuality is 'damage in the mind' less than 2 weeks before a controversial World Cup

The remarks of Qatar's World Cup ambassador heightening concerns about the safety of LGBT+ supporters at the tournament.

Fortune

Ireland captain Katie McCabe will not attend this year's World Cup in Qatar

The Republic of Ireland captain, who is one of a number of LGBT players in Vera Pauw's squad, says Qatar's gay rights record is not a good look for football

Irish Mirror

Homosexuality described as 'damage in the mind' and 'spiritual harm' by World Cup ambassador

The comments from former Qatari footballer Khalid Salman came just two weeks before the tournament begins

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Qatar World Cup ambassador criticised for ‘harmful’ homosexuality comments

The former Qatar international footballer Khalid Salman has been criticised after claiming that homosexuality is ‘damage in the mind’

The Independent UK

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

Daily Mirror

Qatar World Cup ambassador calls homosexuality "damage in the mind" during stopped interview

Organisers for the Qatar World Cup have continually claimed LGBTQ+ fans will be respected in the country, but an ambassador as given a different impression on the eve of the tournament

Reuters

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.

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