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    • Sunday, 18 December, 2022
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      Argentina win epic World Cup final against France on penalties

      Dramatic denouement had ended 3-3 after extra time with Messi scoring twice and Mbappé a hat-trick

    • Saturday, 17 December, 2022
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    • Thursday, 8 December, 2022
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      World Cup 2022 in charts: how football is changing

      Latest Fifa statistics show players are running further and shooting less but scoring just as much

    • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
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      World Cup briefing: wingers will decide who wins in Qatar

      Plus, penalty heartbreak for Japan, Morocco’s stars blur borders

    • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
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      Football’s VAR is a lesson in flawed technology

      Robot linesmen are no substitute for the real thing and offer a warning against using inventions for their own sake

    • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
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      Fans pin their hopes on old-style striker Niclas Füllkrug to keep them in the competition

    • Saturday, 26 November, 2022
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      Gianni Infantino, global football’s unrepentant boss

      The Fifa president has been steadfast in his defence of the World Cup’s Qatari hosts

    • Thursday, 24 November, 2022
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      I’m in Qatar. But the real World Cup happens back home

      The football tournament has become a TV set or Instagram backdrop

    • Wednesday, 23 November, 2022
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      FT correspondent Simeon Kerr on how hosting the tournament has forced the Gulf state to reckon with its troubling human rights record

    • Wednesday, 23 November, 2022
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      Plus, Belgium’s fading golden generation gets one last chance at glory

    • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
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      Rewe suspends German football links over World Cup armbands

      Supermarket chain attacks Fifa’s ‘scandalous’ move after teams ditch inclusion support

    • Monday, 21 November, 2022
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    • Sunday, 20 November, 2022
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      Football associations at odds with governing body ahead of opening matches in Qatar

    • Saturday, 19 November, 2022
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      Formula One earnings finally get into gear, FTX crypto investors sue sports stars, and more.

    • Friday, 11 November, 2022
      FT MagazineWorld Cup 2022 special
      The ethical case for watching this possibly unethical World Cup

      Many activists, NGOs and trade unions believe Qatar 2022 can be used to shine a light on myriad human rights abuses

    • Friday, 14 October, 2022
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      Qatar counts down to World Cup kick-off after $200bn soft power bet

      Doubts over whether the wealthy gas nation can deliver have persisted ever since it won the host rights in 2010

    • Friday, 7 October, 2022
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      Too much football risks burnout for fans and broadcasters

      Match overload is a path to lowering the commercial value of the world’s most popular sport

    • Friday, 8 July, 2022
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    • Saturday, 14 May, 2022
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      Plus, Fifa’s gaming gamble, Saudi Arabia’s golf fight, and more.

    • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
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      Two groups had been in negotiations over value of brand of football governing body

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    • Tuesday, 22 March, 2022
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      Deal underscores growing ties between sport and digital assets

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      Rival teams had threatened to boycott World Cup fixtures in response to invasion of Ukraine

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