Tag: FIFA World Cup
The brother of U.S. sports journalist and LGBTQ+ ally Grant Wahl has spoken out about his sibling’s sudden death while covering the Qatar World Cup, claiming that he was murdered.
Wahl, a correspondent for Meadowlark Media, died shortly after the match between Argentina and the Netherlands on Friday, the 9th...
Garmany’s Football Association (DFB) has spoken out about FIFA’s moves to persuade teams to ditch the donning of pro-LGBTQ+ armbands at Qatar’s World Cup, saying the organisation used “extreme blackmail.”
The controversy erupted after captains of several European teams, including Germany, England, Wales, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and Switzerland, decided...
BBC Sports Presenter Jack Murley has called out FIFA after the Football governing body threatened to sanction any sports team who wore pro-LGBTQ+ “OneLove” armbands at the Qatar World Cup while describing England and Wales’ decision not to wear them as a “cop-out.”
Murley, who is the presenter of the...
Dua Lipa has called out Qatar on its human rights and shut down rumours that she will perform at the nation's World Cup opening ceremony.
Dua Lipa, who is currently touring Australia after coming to Aotearoa, took to Instagram to address the rumours swirling that she would be performing at...
LGBTQ+ and human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell was arrested in Qatar while staging a one-man protest against Qatar’s criminalisation of LGBTQ+ people – just 26 days before the start of the football World Cup.
Tatchell’s protest, which was the first-ever public LGBTQ+ protest in Qatar, took place outside the National...
Qatar continues to face global condemnation from LGBTQ+ rights groups for their treatment of LGBTQ+ people ahead of the nation hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
According to a new Human Rights Watch report, security police in Qatar has continued to arrest and harass individuals because of their sexuality and...
Gold Medal-winning Olympic diver Tom Daley has spoken out against professional sporting bodies, saying they need to do more to be more inclusive and make everyone feel welcome in sport.
Daley, who made the comments during an interview with The Independent, explained that sporting institutions “should be sending out a...
The captain of the English Football team, Harry Kane, has announced plans to don a rainbow anti-discrimination armband at the upcoming World Cup in Qatar.
Kane, along with captains from several other nations heading to the World Cup, including Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Wales, announced their...
