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Revealed: Myanmar junta ‘crony’ given key role behind Fifa peace prize
Inaugural prize expected to be handed to Donald Trump but ‘process’ for choosing future winners to be proposed…
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Malaysia rejects Fifa accusations it forged players’ citizenship and says it will appeal sanctions
Malaysia’s football association says it will appeal Fifa sanctions and fine after seven players on national te…
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Pressure grows on Fifa as reports warn of serious risk to workers amid Saudi World Cup building boom
Two reports published today catalogue ‘gruesome yet avoidable accidents’ on construction sites despite the Gul…
- Fifa, Football, Football politics, Global development, Middle East and North Africa, Migration and development, Nepal, Qatar, South and Central Asia, Sport, Workers' rights, World Cup, World Cup 2022, World news
Migrant workers in Qatar left in debt after being ordered home before World Cup starts
Early end to migrants’ contracts leaves many owing large sums to recruiters and unable to support their famili…
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Former Afghan football president’s life ban for abusing female players upheld
Karim banned by Fifa after female players reported abuseCourt of arbitration for sport confirms punishmentThe …
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Most Britons weren’t hostile to migrants | Letters
Most Britons were not hostile and helped south Asians and east Africans to settle, says Nitin Mehta, while Jan…