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A vehicle registered to the consul general of Qatar was stolen in Manhattan Wednesday by a thief who then crashed into several vehicles and an outdoor eatery before he was arrested, police said. The vehicle was parked with the keys inside when it was stolen from East 51st Street and...

Jorginho’s having perhaps the greatest moment of his career. Fresh off of Chelsea’s rousing Champions League triumph — not to mention matching his career high with 8 goals in all competitions, all from the penalty spot — the 29-year-old has been anchoring Italy’s dominant and eye-catching midfield (so far) at the European Championships, which has made them one of the tournament standouts and early favorites.

Shanghai (AFP) – China are still a long way from the football superpower they crave to be, but under Li Tie they have offered a glimmer of hope to fans scarred by years of disappointment. China have won four matches in a row with the former Everton midfielder as coach...

A change of rule by the Asian Football Confederation opened the door for Bangladesh to compete in the final round of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers as one of the three best fifth-placed sides of the FIFA-AFC joint qualifiers. According to AFC’s previous qualification system, Bangladesh were supposed to...

Concacaf’s final round of 2022 World Cup qualifying fell into place on Tuesday night, and before the schedules had even been finalized, a bigger party already seemed like a better party. Farewell, Hexagonal. You’ll be missed, but maybe not as much we thought. The Octagonal looks like loads of fun.

Canada may have earned a seat at the main table for the first time in nearly a quarter-century, but the Concacaf eight-team qualifying group for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar is a starting line, not a finish. Now the real work begins for Canada and head coach John...

In a region where the governance news is seldom good, on May 6 something very unusual happened in Qatar. The Minister of Finance, Ali Sharif al-Emadi, was taken in for questioning over a variety of alleged crimes, including misuse of public funds and abuse of power. Al-Emadi had held his position since 2013 and was widely perceived to be one of the most effective finance ministers in the Gulf. Within a day, he was stripped of all governmental duties, as well as his roles in other publicly owned companies and financial institutions. Moreover, the anti-corruption probe is reportedly widening, with scores of businessmen and government officials being questioned by law enforcement authorities and financial regulators.

Bangladesh football team returned home from Qatar on Wednesday night following their three 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers matches. The team is now undergoing a three-day quarantine. Jamie Day's charges left home for Qatar on May 28 and finished their five-team Group E campaign with...

Mexico will start its way to the Qatar World Cup 2022 facing Jamaica at the Azteca Stadium on September 2, CONCACAF revealed on Wednesday, announcing the full schedule for the tie. The team led by Argentine Gerardo Martino will close its first round of matches with a visit to Costa...

Qatari Minister of State for Defense Affairs Khaled Al-Attiyah and Chief of Staff of the Qatari Armed Forces Lt-General Ghanim Bin Shaheen Al-Ghanim met separately last Monday (14/6/21) with Defense Senior Adviser to the Middle East at the British Ministry of Defense Air Marshal Martin Sampson, who was on a visit to Qatar.

A car registered to the consul common of Qatar was stolen in Manhattan Wednesday by a thief who then crashed into a number of autos and an out of doors eatery earlier than he was arrested, police mentioned. The car was parked with the keys inside when it was stolen...

In 2014, when Ghadeer Abunada – who had just graduated with a BFA in Interior Design from Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar (VCUarts Qatar) – joined Al Iman Secondary School in Mamoura as an art and design teacher, little did she know that she would inspire one of the students there to attend the same university where she herself had studied.

Concacaf qualifying for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar rolls on as the second round of action is in the books and we learned which three teams will join the big boys (United States, Mexico among others) in the third and final round of qualifying. El Salvador eliminated Saint Kitts and Nevis, Canada knocked off Haiti (thanks to a disastrous own goal), and Panama edged Curaçao for the final spots.

FIFA World Cup qualifying in Asia is now narrowed down to the final 12 nations after the second round of the qualification tournament concluded with a string of matches across the continent on Tuesday. Eight places were up for grabs on the final matchday, and Syria, Australia, Iran, Saudi Arabia,...

While most of the U.S. men's national team’s first-choice players enjoy the afterglow of a wild win over Mexico and start their summer breaks, their road to next year’s World Cup has been mapped out. Elsewhere in Concacaf, 29 lower-ranked countries have been competing this month for three available spots...

The field is set. Eight nations from the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean) will compete for three automatic berths to the 2022 Qatar World Cup in the final “octagonal” qualifying round. The eight countries will face off in a round-robin format with each team playing the...