World cup soccer

Qatar did not agree to the 13 conditions imposed by the boycotting countries – Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, and experts expect Qatar to return to its previous activities

The deal between Ronaldo and the Saudi Arabian team is said to last until 2025.

Forty years in this country, and I finally care about soccer. Not local soccer, perhaps, but at least international soccer.

Costs threatened to keep a promising young soccer player off the field. Degel Menashe stepped in and paid for the travel expenses.

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

We shouldn’t be willing to accept anti-Israel signage as an acceptable default to shrug off. Where were the FIFA officials enforcing the no-politics rules at the World Cup?

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: Despite a history of antisemitic incidents, Argentina’s Jewish community joined in the national celebrations

The real winners of Qatar 2022 are the Iranian team, who did not sing their regime’s anthem and who might be facing the death penalty. They are the moral winners of these world championships.

Far from going into goblin mode, I was spurred into action and motivated to find out what was happening lexographically elsewhere. The results continued to surprise.

Simple human joy of victory: Arabs and Jews celebrate side-by-side with no one staging it for the world’s cameras.