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  • Mayor Adams touts World Cup’s boon to local economy: ‘Big win for all New Yorkers’

    02/05/2024 9:16:06 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 20 replies
    NY Post ^ | 02/05/2024 | Melissa Koenig
    What a score! Mayor Adams teamed up with New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy early Monday to tout the huge economic boost expected from netting the next soccer World Cup Final for MetLife Stadium. “This is a big win for all New Yorkers,” Adams told Fox 5 New York Monday morning of the giant win. While the stadium is just across the Hudson in the Garden State, the 2026 tournament is projected to generate over $2 billion for the region. It is also expected to create at least 14,000 jobs as about a million people are expected to hit the region...
  • A kiss is just a kiss: Are we going to see another man’s professional life derailed over no big deal?

    09/01/2023 9:58:57 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 16 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 09/01/2023 | Noel S. Williams
    Spain recently won the Women’s World Cup (soccer). It was such a joyful event that during the medal ceremony Luis Rubiales, Spain’s soccer federation president, planted a celebratory kiss on the sweaty lips of player Jenni Hermoso. As a result, feckless FIFA (essentially soccer’s ill-reputed international governing body) have suspended him for 90 days.Unsurprisingly, that’s not enough for the fervid feminists, who want him dismissed for his “sexual aggression.” Rubiales mother is clearly subjective on the matter; nevertheless, she may be right about the criticism of her son being a “bloodthirsty witch hunt.” Luis himself remains defiant, referring to the...
  • Spanish soccer chief apologizes for giving Women’s World Cup winner a surprise kiss on the lips

    08/21/2023 9:14:13 AM PDT · by DallasBiff · 14 replies
    CNN, MSN ^ | 8/21/23 | By John Sinnott, Patrick Sung and Matias Grez
    Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) President Luis Rubiales has admitted he “made a mistake” by giving Spain star Jennifer Hermoso a surprise kiss on the lips after the 33-year-old received her gold medal following the team’s Women’s World Cup final victory over England on Sunday. Rubiales has faced widespread criticism for the incident, with politicians and journalists labeling his behavior “unacceptable” and “simply disgusting.”
  • Retiring Megan Rapinoe makes tearful exit as USA bow out

    08/06/2023 11:06:16 AM PDT · by Republicans 2016 2020 · 108 replies
    BBC Sport ^ | August 6, 2023 | Neil Johnston
    It was not the ending Megan Rapinoe had planned. She went so far as to call it "dark comedy" and a "sick joke", such was her dismay. After 17 years of putting herself on the line for the Stars and Stripes, the two-time Women's World Cup winner was in tears as she departed the global stage for the final time. On Rapinoe's 202nd appearance for the USA, the defending world champions dramatically lost 5-4 on penalties to Sweden after a last-16 goalless draw in Melbourne. Rapinoe, 38, ranks among the most successful players of her generation and announced before the...
  • US is out of Women's World Cup after losing dramatic penalty shootout

    08/06/2023 4:59:09 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 140 replies
    CNN ^ | August 6, 2023 | By Ben Church
    The United States has crashed out of the Women's World Cup after losing a dramatic penalty shootout against Sweden. The Americans created most of the chances during the match – but were foiled at key moments by Swedish goalkeeper Zećira Mušović, who made crucial stops against Lindsey Horan and Alex Morgan. The Swedes will play Japan in the Women’s World Cup quarterfinals on Friday.
  • US women's soccer team doesn't sing national anthem during third 2023 World Cup matchup with Portugal after controversy in prior two matches

    08/01/2023 7:42:18 AM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 80 replies
    The Daily Mail ^ | 01 Aug 2023 | Nathan Salt
    The US Women's soccer team once again hit the headlines at the World Cup as they remained silent during the playing of The Star-Spangled Banner ahead of their match against Portugal. The defending champions were accused of disrespect ahead of their 2023 World Cup opener against Vietnam when six of 11 US players stayed silent and did not put their hands over their hearts during the anthem.
  • LGBTQ+ community proud and visible at Women’s World Cup

    07/29/2023 6:32:51 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 34 replies
    The Associated Press ^ | July 29, 2023 | BY MAX RALPH
    AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand striker Hannah Wilkinson has helped create two milestones at the Women’s World Cup. With her 48th-minute goal in the tournament opener against Norway, she led the co-host Football Ferns to their first win in six trips to the Women’s World Cup. She’s also one of at least 95 out members of the LGBTQ+ community competing in this year’s tournament, according to a count being kept by Outsports, a website that covers the LGBTQ+ sports. The Ferns were greeted with a fan-made sign at their next match in Wellington: “Gay for soccer, gay for...
  • US women’s team refuse to sing national anthem before World Cup draw with Holland

    07/27/2023 3:26:10 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 102 replies
    The Telegraph ^ | 27 July 2023 | Luke Edwards and Samindra Kunti
    US women’s team refuse to sing national anthem before World Cup draw with Holland. Six players take part in silent protest labelled ‘disrespectful’ but Martina Navratilova tells critics to 'get a grip'. The US women’s football team have sparked a divisive row at the World Cup after six players elected not to sing the national anthem in a silent ‘protest’ that was labelled “embarrassing” and “disrespectful”. The defending world champions risked the ire of the American public for the second time in five days yesterday when more than half of the team stayed silent before their group game against Holland,...
  • USWNT players largely silent during national anthem in 2023 World Cup opener against Vietnam, who proudly sang theirs

    07/22/2023 11:58:55 AM PDT · by george76 · 66 replies
    New York Post ^ | July 21, 2023 | Katherine Donlevy
    Most members of the US women’s soccer team stayed silent during the national anthem before its World Cup opener Friday against newcomers Vietnam — who passionately belted their nation’s tune. The majority of the reigning women’s World Cup champion team stared stoically ahead as the “Star Spangled Banner” blasted across New Zealand’s Eden Park arena. Only five of the 11 players who stood on the field for the anthem — with young, aspiring players standing before them — placed their hands over their hearts, while their six teammates kept their digits clasped behind their backs ... Only three USWNT players...
  • World Cup star Christian Atsu feared to be trapped under earthquake rubble in Turkey

    02/06/2023 12:18:08 PM PST · by BenLurkin · 10 replies
    NY Post ^ | 02/06/2023 | Ben Kesslen
    A former World Cup star is believed to be trapped under the rubble of the deadly earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria early Monday... Former Premier League member Christian Atsu, 31, is among the missing in Turkey, and has yet to be accounted for following the 7.8 magnitude tremor, News AU reported. ...Atsu plays soccer for the Turkish League team Hatayspor in the southern city of Antakya, which was decimated by the quake. Many of his teammates have been rescued, but Atsu is still missing... The Former Newcastle United winger had just scored a last-minute goal Sunday to lead Hatayspor...
  • Pelé, Brazilian soccer star and only player to win the World Cup three times, dies at age 82

    12/29/2022 11:33:01 AM PST · by Beave Meister · 29 replies
    MSN.com ^ | 12/29/2022 | Michele Luhn
    Pelé, the Brazilian soccer icon who brought the World Cup trophy to his home country three times, becoming an international superstar and the highest-paid team athlete in the world at the time, has died. He was 82. Pelé's health had been deteriorating as he aged. Doctors at Albert Einstein Hospital in São Paulo said in late December that he was receiving "elevated care" related to "kidney and cardiac dysfunctions" stemming from the cancer he had been fighting for more than a year. He also had a respiratory infection, and his family said he would be staying in the hospital over...
  • [German media exposes Arab racism]: Orchestrated hostility toward Israel: Morocco is not in Palestine

    12/29/2022 10:56:30 AM PST · by Conservat1 · 12 replies
    Taz ^ | Dec 10, 2022 | Martin Krauss
    Orchestrated hostility toward Israel: Morocco is not in Palestine You just have to like World Cup outsiders Morocco – don't you? Adding an anti-Semitic touch to the joy makes things difficult. Palestine plays along: Morocco's team after reaching the quarter-finals How could we not be happy that Morocco has one of the eight best football teams in the world ! Finally a team that doesn't come from Europe or South America! In addition - and now follows an interpretation that is surprisingly seldom read at present - a North African team that has gradually chased one colonial power after the...
  • Argentina World Cup party ends in violence and chaos as riot cops are pelted with missiles in Buenos Aires, stars are evacuated by helicopter, a fan dies and a five-year-old is left in a coma

    12/21/2022 4:37:04 AM PST · by C19fan · 17 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | December 21, 2022 | Jack Newman, Nathan Salt, Alastair Lockhart, Liam Morgan, and Nataliz Penza
    Argentina's euphoric World Cup celebrations descended into chaos yesterday as violence broke out on the streets of Buenos Aires between fans and riot police after their star players were forced to evacuate to safety by helicopter. Officers armed with shields and batons were pelted with missiles at the Obelisco monument in the country's capital hours after fans tried to jump into the bus during the victory parade to meet Lionel Messi and his teammates. The World Cup heroes were met with a heaving crowd of an estimated five million fans who blocked their path to the Obelisco, then had to...
  • Power line nearly takes out Lionel Messi, Argentina players during World Cup parade

    12/20/2022 2:03:05 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 12 replies
    New York Post ^ | December 20, 2022 | Jenna Lemoncelli
    Argentina’s 2022 World Cup celebration almost took a catastrophic turn when a low-hanging power line nearly knocked Lionel Messi and four of his teammates off a moving open-top bus in Buenos Aires on Tuesday. In video footage from the team’s World Cup victory parade, Messi, Leandro Paredes, Angel Di Maria, Rodrigo De Paul and Nicolas Otamendi can be seen sitting on the roof of a bus when De Paul noticed the cable and told his teammates to duck. All five players made it under the power line with seconds to spare as the bus carrying the team continued on the...
  • Elon Musk makes surprise appearance at World Cup final with Trump's son in law Jared Kushner and posts video from his seat in stadium - days after issuing 'doxxing' bans for tracking his private jet

    12/18/2022 6:41:47 PM PST · by libh8er · 52 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 12.18.2022 | David Averre
    Elon Musk has been snapped pulling up to the Lusail City Stadium in Qatar to witness the hotly-antipated World Cup final between defending champions France and Argentina. The Twitter CEO, who attended the final alongside former US presidential advisor and Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, posted a video from the stands moments before kick-off showing the impressive pyrotechnic display that followed the closing ceremony. Twitter users poked at Musk for revealing his whereabouts just days after he temporarily suspended the accounts of several journalists for 'doxxing' him. The Twitter owner on Thursday banned journalists from CNN, Washington Post, New York...
  • Lionel Messi wins 2022 World Cup, Argentina beats France on penalties

    12/18/2022 10:43:24 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 131 replies
    LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — Lionel Messi finally won the biggest prize in soccer as Argentina beat France 4-2 in a penalty shootout Sunday to claim a third World Cup title despite Kylian Mbappé scoring the first hat trick in a final in 56 years. Gonzalo Montiel scored the clinching penalty kick as Argentina won after a 3-3 draw.
  • France Yellow Vests Week 214: World Cup Fever Provides Distraction From Colder Weather, The Protests Today

    12/17/2022 8:45:45 PM PST · by Nextrush · 3 replies
    Nextrush Free ^ | 12/17/2022 | Nextrush/Self
    The excitement in France running high and media attention focused on the World Cup of football (soccer). Sunday's championship match in Qatar between France and Argentina follows last Wednesday's semifinal match between France and Morocco that brought French President Emmanuel Macron to the stadium in Qatar. Controversy over Macron going to Qatar as the "scandal" broke late in the week regarding the EU and alleged bribery of EU officials to paint a positive picture of the Persian Gulf oil kingdom. There were disturbances in France after the "Blues" defeated Morocco... Today protesters on the streets of Paris...
  • France camp hit by virus ahead of World Cup final vs. Argentina - sources

    12/16/2022 12:36:07 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 7 replies
    ESPN ^ | 12/16 | Julien Laurens
    France have been hit with a virus that could see the team's starting centre-back pairing miss the World Cup final, sources have told ESPN. According to sources, Raphael Varane has small symptoms of the virus and fellow defender Ibrahima Konate has not left his room after feeling unwell. France coach Didier Deschamps said they were taking precautions to stop a virus spreading through the squad after Dayot Upamecano and Adrien Rabiot missed the semifinal win over Morocco due to sickness. "In Doha, temperatures have fallen a little bit, you have air conditioning which is on all the time," Deschamps said...
  • Soccer Finally Interesting

    12/15/2022 9:51:33 AM PST · by DFG · 19 replies
    Babylon Bee ^ | 12/15/2022 | Babylon Bee
    PARIS — According to reports, watching soccer is finally interesting as France descends into fiery chaos after a Morocco semi-final loss. "Wow, now THIS is entertaining," said one viewer while watching a Morocco supporter beating up a French guy with a stale baguette while several others lit the Louvre on fire. "Look at all the fighting and explosions! Why can't soccer always be like this?" Early reports indicate World Cup viewership is now at an all-time high as people around the world tune in to see massive, fiery street brawls. "Who knew watching soccer could be such an engaging experience?"...
  • 'Warning Before the Sword': Two Moroccan World Cup Players Call on People to 'Convert to Islam'

    12/14/2022 5:24:01 AM PST · by Roman_War_Criminal · 27 replies
    Rair Foundation ^ | 12/13/22 | Amy Mek
    While many might see this “invitation” as harmless, the “call” or “invitation” to Islam is a legal requirement before Muslims wage jihad against non-Muslims. As the Moroccan players returned to their hotel in their bus after their victory against Spain, Zakaria Aboukhal and Abdelhamid Sabiri took part in a live broadcast in which they thanked Allah ﷻ and “invited” people to embrace Islam. While many might see this “invitation” as harmless, the “call” or “invitation” to Islam is a legal requirement before Muslims wage jihad against non-Muslims. As the counter-terrorism group UTT explains, “the Koran speaks of Dawah – the...