US involvement in the Middle East and Israel’s attacks on Iran and its retaliation make the US military base in Qatar a target
Therese Wagner said no deal had been made with the Trump administration but Kinshasa was exploring forms of cooperation
After the stall during 2020’s pandemic, travellers have come storming back exponentially each year
Much is at stake for the wealthy, US-friendly Gulf states, whose expensive economic diversification plans rely on a peaceful environment for business and tourism
The beautiful game arrives at the perfect time to scrub the mud off Afcon’s lead sponsor
After the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Fifa set up a human rights panel with the intention of stopping abuse and exploitation
Russia has been punished by Fifa and Uefa for its invasion of Ukraine but the same doesn’t apply to Israel for its occupation of Palestine
The World Cup can trigger intense emotions in a way that no other sporting mega-event can
The first round of games are done. Who stood out, who flopped and what to watch out for
Europe baulking at protesting against the host nation’s human rights abuses shows the power of black gold
Both Qatar’s authorities and football team have no idea how to play the beautiful game well
Tournament favourites Brazil should coast through, but Cameroon, Serbia and Switzerland have it all to play for
France are missing key midfielders, which makes Denmark strong candidates for the top spot in this group
Fifa’s boss wants the game to float above ‘ideological battles’. But it’s Fifa’s ideology of greed that steered the World Cup into a desert stinking of money and suffering
Senegal and The Netherlands should go through but Qatar will not want to find themselves on the wrong side of history
Qatar needed a huge number of workers to build stadiums in the desert for the World Cup. A study reports the human cost to migrant workers
These are the veto power of the Security Council, major powers ignore the UN and the UN secretary general cannot favour either side in the war
Migrant workers brought in under the sponsor system to build and guard the new football stadiums, hotels and malls are overworked, in debt and trapped in the country.
The country’s football barons delivered an extraordinary press conference on Wednesday afternoon
Match replays are not unheard of in recent times and SA’s footballing authorities are hoping to benefit
A French defender’s rape allegations raise difficult ethical questions about whether and when clubs should suspend players
Mozambique’s ruling party thought gas would secure a wealthy future, but that dream faded and finally was shattered by attacks that sent energy giant Total packing
The KTM rider wants to be among the top riders in the world in 2021
Salukis, cousins of the greyhound, have been used for hunting for thousands of years in the Middle East and are some of the fastest canines.
Everyone has different solutions, but they all agree that time is running out — and Eskom is the priority
It has been two years since Saudi Arabia, the UAE and their allies cut ties with Qatar, sparking a major diplomatic crisis in the Gulf region.
Changing household structures, economic growth and contraceptives prompt dramatic drop in fertility rate, study finds
A lucrative TV deal allegedly led to Qatar being awarded the 2022 tournament
The issue of alcohol is likely to be a sensitive subject in the run-up to the World Cup in four years’ time
Yemen is afflicted by what diplomats call a famine of jobs and salaries, with the central bank torn between two warring parties
OPEC members and other oil-producing countries gather in Vienna on Thursday to discuss cutting output to prop up prices
The decision was ‘technical and strategic’ and had ‘nothing to do with the ‘blockade’, says Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi