Tag: FIFA
Neither the European nor the world football’s governing bodies, UEFA and FIFA, issued a statement condemning or sanctioning “Israel” as they have for Russia when the war in Ukraine was launched last year, as they channel double standards on solidarity with human rights, a report by Anadolu Agency explained.
The awarding of the World Cup to the Gulf state by FIFA in 2010 was a scandal at the time. Qatar is a country which has no football tradition. It has 3 million residents, but only one in ten of these is a Qatari citizen. The country’s unbearable heat made the usual summer schedule for the tournament impossible. Moreover, it is ruled by a despot who does not even allow rudimentary forms of democracy.
NATO’s leaders are the Hitlers of our age, abusing sport for their own myopic ends, Declan Hayes writes.
NATO is hijacking the World Cup in front of us and Canada, currently ranked 38th best in the world is as much an integral part of that process.
