Fifa has confirmed alcohol will be banned for World Cup fans at grounds in a major and unprecedented volte-face two days before the tournament kicks off.
The implications of Qatar's decision to ban most alcohol sales at World Cup 2022 matches and its impact on Budweiser as analyzed.
FIFA announced a last-minute U-turn which means beer will not be sold in stadiums at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar but England's Aaron Ramsdale has vowed to ...
Fans will not be allowed to buy alcohol around World Cup stadiums during the tournament in Qatar, FIFA has confirmed.
Qatar's about-face on alcohol signaled that FIFA, soccer's governing body, may no longer be in full control of its showcase championship.
Last-minute U-turn on sales at grounds' fan zones hits sponsor Budweiser on eve of tournament.
FIFA's choice of Qatar to host the World Cup has long been marred by criticism over human rights abuses, the safety of migrant workers and the logistics of ...
DLA Piper Dentons K&L Gates Eversheds Sutherland and others have already taken on World-Cup related work according to a Law.com International analysis.
Fans who have travelled to Qatar as part of a controversial paid-for supporters programme have been told by Qatari authorities that their cash has been cut.
Wales supporters disappointed by U-turn, and some fear it may encourage pre-game binge drinking.
We'll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest FIFA World Cup news every morning. At the Free Zone Fan Village, in the desert south ...
Accusations of bribing FIFA officials. And just this morning, the sudden decision to ban in-stadium alcoholic beverages during the tournament. Can Qatar manage ...
Qatar's late U-turn on selling beer could affect the £63m Budweiser contract, while another major sponsor said partners feel 'let down by Fifa'
Singer said he didn't 'condone any abuses of human rights' but it would be 'hypocritical' not to go.
Qatar has some of the strictest laws on the planet and supporters will have to be aware of them while attending the 2022 World Cup.
Organisers have controversially recruited hundreds of fans to promote the Qatar World Cup in a bid to show the heavily criticised tournament in a more ...
Fans who've shelled out thousands of dollars for private hospitality suites will be unaffected by Qatar's move to ban beer sales within stadium grounds.
Joao Havelange becoming Fifa president was 'the Big Bang of modern sporting corruption' and the start of a process that, eventually, led to the bidding process ...
We'll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest FIFA World Cup news every morning. This is a World Cup that, by rights, should ...
Emmanuel Macron on Thursday joined the chorus of politicians asking people to go easy on Qatar, saying that “sport shouldn't be politicized.” The French ...
Qatar and FIFA, on the eve of the World Cup, have not committed to remedy abuses and unexplained deaths of migrant workers who made the event possible.
The Rawdat Al Jahhaniya accommodation is near the stadium where Wales play their first game in Qatar, against the US.
The late decision on the sale of alcohol in World Cup stadiums shows that the host nation is running the show, not Fifa.
The president of football's international governing body FIFA says the West should not criticise Qatar's hosting of the World Cup - adding that European ...
As the tournament begins we look back over a decade in which our coverage of conditions for migrant workers has been instrumental in forcing change.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino produced some remarkable quotes during a controversial speech ahead of the World Cup in Qatar in which he defended the host ...
Fifa confirmed its armbands would be worn as part of a partnership with United Nations agencies and the Football Association is understood to be seeking clarity ...
(Photo by Christopher Lee/Getty Images) Fifa president Gianni Infantino has accused the West of "hypocrisy" in its reporting of Qatar's human rights.
Fifa president Gianni Infantino has lashed out at critics of the Qatar World Cup, accusing European countries of “hypocrisy” and saying they were in no ...
Infantino says he raised the issue of migrant workers with the Qatari authorities while European companies did not.
Qatari employers are 'out of control', the Trade Union Congress has warned on the eve of the World Cup.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino accused critics of World Cup host Qatar's treatment of migrant workers of hypocrisy on Saturday.
In an extraordinary monologue at a news conference in Doha, Infantino spoke for nearly an hour and made a passionate defence of Qatar and the tournament. The ...
In an extraordinary opening news conference before the World Cup, FIFA President Gianni Infantino defended the host country's decision to ban beer at ...
A FIFA boss once said, "Alcoholic drinks are part of the FIFA World Cup." But that was then. A beer ban in stadiums is just one of the changes fans face in ...
“In brushing aside legitimate human rights criticisms, Gianni Infantino is dismissing the enormous price paid by migrant workers to make his flagship tournament ...