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Sahar Khodayari (Persian: سحر خدایاری [sæhær xodɒjɒriː]; c. 1990 – 9 September 2019), [2] also known as the Blue Girl, [a] was an Iranian football fan who self-immolated in Tehran to protest the national laws banning females from attending sports events and entering stadiums since the Islamic Revolution.
The origin of the ultras movement is disputed, [12] with many supporters groups from various countries making claims solely on the basis of their dates of foundation. The level of dispute and confusion is aided by a contemporary tendency (mainly in Europe) to categorise all groups of overtly fanatical supporters as ultras.
This Fan Girl is an English platform and campaign for female football fans. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Laura Blake and Amy Drucquer founded This Fan Girl in 2016 after a year long project that saw them take portraits of female fans at every club in the Premier League.
The post Soccer World Reacts To The Crazy Laser Pointers Situation appeared first on The Spun. Senegal qualified for the 2022 World Cup with a 1-0 victory over Egypt in penalty kicks. They had ...
A French soccer commercial went viral ahead of the 2023 Women’s World Cup for pointing out gender biases in the sport.. The clip — which has made its rounds on social media and has more than 4 ...
Soccer's governing body found that countries spent an all-time high of $7.36 billion on transfer fees during the three-month period, up 47.2% from last year. It attributed that increase, in part ...
The resulting culture is a mix of several supporting styles such as scarf-waving and chanting. A supporters' group can number from a handful of fans to hundreds, and often claim entire sections of a stadium for themselves. According to a writer for Spiked, the four core points of the ultra mentality are: [3]
FIFA docked six points from Canada in the Paris Olympics women’s soccer tournament and banned three coaches for one year each on Saturday in a drone-spying scandal. The stunning swath of ...