Malang, Indonesia (AFP): Elite Indonesian police officers are under investigation over a stadium stampede that killed 131 people, including dozens of children, in one of the deadliest disasters in football history. As public anger grew, police moved to punish those responsible for the crush in the city of Malang that witnesses say started when...
Riyadh , Saudi Arabia (AFP): Saudi Arabia has been chosen to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games at a $500 billion futuristic megacity in the desert that planners say will feature a year-round winter sports complex. “The deserts and mountains of Saudi Arabia will soon be a playground for winter sports,” the Olympic Council of [&hellip...
ANKARA (AA) – Regional rivals Algeria and Morocco are going to bid for the rights to host the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) after Guinea was stripped of the right to organize the football tournament. Algerian Minister of Youth and Sports, Abderrazak Sebgag, said the North African country will apply to host the prestigious […]
ANKARA (AA) – The death toll from a stampede and riot at a football game in Indonesia rose to 174, a government official said on Sunday. After supporters of the losing home team stormed the pitch in the East Java province on late Saturday, officers fired tear gas to disperse them, triggering the stampede and […]
ANKARA (AA) – At least 127 people were killed when police used tear gas to break up fights at an Indonesian football stadium Saturday, according to authorities. Most of the victims were trampled to death when supporters of home team Arema FC and rival Persebaya Surabaya clashed late Saturday after the host lost 3-2 in […]
Doha, Qatar (AFP): Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Sunday that Qatar’s rights record is improving but did not commit to attending this year’s World Cup where his country will be one of the top contenders. After talks with the emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, at the end of a two-day Gulf tour, […]
ANKARA (AA) – Qatar on Wednesday decided to suspend visitor visas during the 2022 FIFA World Cup that will start in November. The Qatari Interior Ministry said on Twitter that it will not allow visitors to enter the country by air, land and sea between Nov. 1 to Dec. 23, but only Hayya Card holders […]
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – Canadian star hockey player Nazem Kadri, the first Muslim to be on a Stanley Cup winning team, returned to his hometown of London, Ontario, on Saturday to celebrate the historic victory. As a Muslim, Kadri’s return is poignant. In 2021, four members of a Muslim family were run down and killed […]
TEHRAN (AA) – Women were allowed for the first time on Thursday to watch a league match between two prominent football clubs at Azadi Stadium in Tehran. Around 500 female fans made their way to the iconic football stadium in western Tehran to watch Esteghlal go against Mes Kerman in the Persian Gulf Pro League. […]
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan will provide its troops for the security of the FIFA World Cup scheduled to be held in November in Qatar. The Federal Cabinet had approved the draft of an agreement between Pakistan and Qatar for the provision of troops for the mega event ahead of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s visit to […]
