Millions of fans are expected to visit the U.S., Mexico, and Canada for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, but a list of concerns must ...

The Gulf nation hosted the 2022 men's World Cup, which attracted criticism due to its anti-LGBTQ+ laws and the deaths of ...

The president has anointed himself chair of next year’s lucrative sporting event, which was once entangled in the biggest sports bribe scandal in history. What could go wrong?

Yadil M Iqbal, who named his son after Lionel Messi and painted murals of the football icon in Kerala, now hopes to meet the ...

In comparison, the 2026 FIFA World Cup co-hosted by the US, Canada, and Mexico may generate $40.9 billion in global GDP. Of that amount, the US could receive as much as $17.2 billion, resulting in the ...

Qatar confirmed it will bid for the 2036 Summer Olympics, trying to become the first Middle Eastern nation to host one of the ...

Qatar is channeling its hydrocarbons wealth into long-term economic transformation, with diversification accelerating after the FIFA 2022 World Cup. In 2024 non-oil sectors accounted for over 60% of ...

Substantial public investment in a range of infrastructure projects has driven growth in Qatar’s construction and real estate sector in the decade preceding 2025. The development of several transport ...

A day before his unopposed reelection as president of soccer’s governing body in March 2023, Gianni Infantino’s motorcade fought its way through Rwanda’s capital as thunder and lightning loomed so he ...

The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) has officially confirmed its participation in the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) ...

The World Cup can be spectacular - and CWC was a blueprint for what FIFA, North America must do to ensure that outcome ...