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The entire World Cup squad was suspended for their next game against Norway by the FFF, upon request by the new manager Laurent Blanc. [46] Five players were identified as having been key to the embarrassing events at the tournament; Nicolas Anelka , Patrice Evra , Franck Ribéry , Jérémy Toulalan and Eric Abidal were summoned to a hearing ...
The Zahia affair is a series of legal proceedings that took place in France starting from 2010, involving several players of the French football team and Zahia Dehar, a former prostitute, who was a minor at the time she was solicited for sex. The affair received significant attention in the French media.
A political cartoon depicting slave labour in the construction of the stadiums in Qatar ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup [7] (see also: Slavery in Qatar). In a December 2021 interview with Al Jazeera, FIFA's secretary-general Fatma Samoura said that FIFA had developed a general framework to structure and guide the implementation of its human rights responsibilities and commitment, published in ...
U.S. Senator Dan Coats wrote to Sepp Blatter requesting that Russia be barred from the 2018 World Cup due to its annexation of Crimea. The annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in 2014 led to several British and American politicians calling on FIFA to overturn its decision of hosting the 2018 World Cup in Russia — British Shadow Secretary of State for Health Andy Burnham said that ...
In the film, key figures from the women’s Spanish national team are brought together for the first time to revisit the turbulent years leading up to the 2023 World Cup, including a leaked letter ...
The French football bribery scandal (French: Affaire VA-OM) occurred during a 1992–93 French Division 1 match between Valenciennes and Olympique de Marseille.Marseille president Bernard Tapie and general manager Jean-Pierre Bernès contacted Valenciennes players Jorge Burruchaga, Jacques Glassmann, and Christophe Robert through Marseille player Jean-Jacques Eydelie, who asked them to ...
MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Embattled Canada women’s soccer coach Bev Priestman apologized to her players Sunday and pledged to cooperate with an investigation into the drone-spying scandal at ...
Migrant workers built the $200 billion worth of infrastructure Qatar needed to host the World Cup while dealing with appalling and exploitative conditions.