The secret behind Croatia’s World Cup success
Despite losing to Argentina 3:0 in the semifinal of the 2022 Qatar World Cup, Croatia — a young country with just 3.8 million inhabitants — for the second time in a row is among the top four national football teams in the world
Heroic goalkeeper Szczęsny comforts tearful son after Poland knocked out of World Cup
Poland lost 3-1 to France in the last 16 of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar despite playing its best game of the tournament
Germany has ‘OneLove’ for Qatar’s gas
Germany just got done lecturing Qatar on human rights during the World Cup only to sign a 15-year gas deal with the Sharia-run country
Polish football star Lewandowski goes viral after gifting his jersey to a ‘secret’ fan
Lewandowski gifted his signed jersey to the fan after a World Cup video went viral
Swiss captain rejects German team’s moral preaching at World Cup
Switzerland’s team captain says he is at the World Cup to play football and not to “hand out lessons”
World Cup: England, Germany, the Netherlands, and other teams back down from wearing pro-LGBT ‘One Love’ armband in Qatar
The pro-LGBT “One Love” armband was effectively banned at the World Cup
French football captain refuses to wear LGBT wristband during World Cup
“If we welcome foreigners, we also want them to respect our culture,” said French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris
‘I wish Lewandowski played for a Polish team,’ says leader of ruling party in Poland
Kaczyński wished the Polish football team more success than just qualifying from the group stage in the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar
Casual sex or alcohol consumption at World Cup could land soccer fans in prison for 7 years in conservative Qatar
One-night stands and consumption of alcohol could land soccer fans used to liberal Western customs in hot water at the World Cup finals in Qatar this November
Germany looks to autocratic nations of Qatar and UAE to replace Russian gas
Germany hopes to also become independent of Russian coal by this autumn, but the government turns to autocratic regimes in the Middle East to fulfill its energy needs
Qatari-funded Al Jazeera grills Hungarian minister on human rights
The Al Jazeera interview of Hungary’s foreign minister was a textbook example of the contempt with which global media outlets financed by undemocratic governments or shady oligarchs treat democratically elected governments