Football
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‘I felt terrified’: fans tell how Indonesian stadium disaster unfolded
Witnesses describe how police use of teargas led to brutal crushes that killed 125 football fans in East JavaJ…
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Deadly crush after police fire teargas at football match in Indonesia – video
125 people died and hundreds were injured at an Indonesian league football match. Supporters of the Javanese c…
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125 dead after crowd crush at Indonesian football match
Police and match organisers under scrutiny after officers fired teargas in response to rioting fansOne of the …
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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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Protests over Cristiano Ronaldo statue in former Portuguese colony of Goa
Local politician says statue is meant to inspire young people, but critics say it is inappropriateHe is idolis…
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China bans footballers in national teams from getting tattoos
Authorities also tell inked players to remove or cover up their designs to set ‘a good example for society’Chi…
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‘A modern-day Schindler’s List’: Afghan junior women footballers land in UK
International rescue effort brings 130 young footballers and their families to London after Taliban takeoverSh…
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UK urged to resettle fleeing Afghan women’s football team
Leeds United have offered support but players face return to Taliban regime unless accepted soonThe UK governm…
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Female athletes from Afghanistan leave Kabul after being granted Australian visas
• Group of 77 included Afghanistan women’s football team• Players suffered beatings and had to pass Taliban ch…
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Football’s first fa’afafine: trans rights trailblazer Jaiyah Saelua on stardom and sisterhood
Fa’afafine athlete and advocate Jaiyah Saelua, and Kaimana, the fa’afafine actor who will play her in Taika Wa…
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China appears to demote Premier League football broadcasts
Observers link apparent decision to growing hostilities between UK and ChinaChinese state television appears t…
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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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South Korea football league imposes record fine on FC Seoul over sex dolls outrage
K-League says club ‘deeply humiliated’ female football fans and damaged the league’s reputationSouth Korea’s p…
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South Korean football team apologises for using sex dolls to fill stands
K-League club FC Seoul said the dolls, used to make stadiums look less empty, had been ordered inadvertently a…
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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…