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Bundesliga Says Date Change To 2022 Qatar World Cup Could Lead To Legal Challenges05 / 23 / 13Germany's Bundesliga "has warned that any attempt to move the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to the winter could lead to legal challenges by European leagues," according to the BBC. UEFA President Michel Platini said that the World Cup could be moved, "but European leagues might be disrupted for up t... |
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AFC Calls Platini World Cup Idea 'Crazy'
UAE FA Chair Yousuf Al Serkal called UEFA President Michel Platini's idea that Qatar share the 2022 World Cup hosting rights with its Middle East neighbors "crazy," according to Sudipto Ganguly of REUTERS. Platini has long called for the World Cup to be "shared by the tiny Arab state and that the to ...
U.N. Agency Cancels Gaza Marathon
The main U.N. agency in Gaza "has canceled the annual marathon in the small Palestinian territory after ruling Hamas Islamists banned women from the race," according to Nidal al-Mughrabi of REUTERS. Hamas said that "having women in the annual event, scheduled for April 10, contravened Islamic tradit ...
Iran Riders Visa-Less For Championship
The Cycling Federation of India, which will host the Asian cycling championship in New Dehli from Thursday, "has attracted international embarrassment," according to THE HINDU. Cyclists from a few countries, including Iran, "are yet to get visas for the event," and the CFI "is facing pressure from t ...
2022 World Cup Could Switch Seasons
The 2022 World Cup in Qatar "could be moved to winter if medical reports show summer temperatures in Qatar would be dangerously high," according to Richard Conway of the BBC. FIFA has "always maintained that Qatar would have to make the request to move the tournament." However, FIFA General Secretar ...
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Dubai WC Carnival Owner Backs $1.1M Card
Stefan Friborg will sponsor the ninth meeting of the Dubai World Cup Carnival on Saturday "when his Stud Estrela Energia puts its name to a high-class Meydan card" worth $1.1M, according to GULF NEWS. Featuring the $250,000 Group 2 Zabeel Mile and the $200,000 Group 3 Nad Al Sheba Trophy, the meetin ...
Faldo Series Launched In UAE
Retired golfer Nick Faldo "will expand his golf development efforts in the Middle East" with the launch of a new Faldo Series tournament in the UAE, according to ISPORTSCONNECT. The Middle East Championship "will be held at the Al Ain Equestrian, Shooting and Golf Club in Abu Dhabi for the next thre ...
Racist Israeli Fans Cause Spiral Effect
The torching of Israeli Premier League club Beitar Jerusalem's offices "by fans angry at the signing of two Muslim players has sparked a major outcry which both supporters and ex-players hope could end decades of open racism at the club," according to Steve Weizman of the AFP. Along with "trophies, ...
Qatar World Cup Workers 'Will Die'
A trade unionist warned that scores of migrant laborers facing "slavery" conditions "will likely die" to build Qatar’s stadiums for the 2022 World Cup, according to the AFP. Int'l Trade Union Confederation General Secretary Sharan Burrow said, "More labourers will die during construction than ...
New Panel Monitors Qatar Sports Clubs
Qatar "has set up a new committee with wide powers to organise and monitor Qatari sports clubs to improve their performance and professionalism," according to THE PENINSULA. The decision is a step in Qatar’s preparations to host the FIFA World Cup in '22 and Doha’s plans to make a fresh ...
Beitar Jerusalem Racism Continues
Despite "country-wide outcry over the racism" at Beitar Jerusalem football games, "most fans defiantly shouted for the new Muslim players to go home as they streamed into Sunday night’s game at Teddy Stadium against the Bnei Sakhnin team," according to Melanie Lidman of the JERUSALEM POST. Ove ...
