Sobering thought: Qatar bans beer from World Cup stadiums | Football News

Beer will not be available at the eight World Cup stadiums, Fifa has said in a U-turn as sudden as a Garrincha pirouette. Two months before the tournament, which begins on Sunday with hosts Qatar taking on Ecuador, the CEO FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, had at a press conference in the bowels of the … Read more

FIFA World Cup organizers to ban alcoholic beer sales at stadiums: Report | Football News

World Cup organizers will ban the sale of all beer with alcohol at the eight stadiums used for the soccer tournament, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press. The decision comes only two days before games start in Qatar and 12 years after the country first consented to respect FIFA’s commercial … Read more

World Cup 2022: Fans will not be allowed to buy alcohol around stadiums during Qatar tournament | Football News

Fans will not be allowed to buy alcohol around World Cup stadiums. A FIFA statement said: “Following discussions between host country authorities and FIFA, a decision has been made to focus the sale of alcoholic beverages on the FIFA Fan Festival, other fan destinations and licensed venues, removing sales points of beer from Qatar’s FIFA … Read more

Beer Sales To Be Banned At Stadiums – Deadline

Qatari officials have banned the sale of alcoholic beer at World Cup stadiums in an abrupt U-turn on alcohol policy just days before the tournament begins. The U-turn is the latest change in the evolving plan on alcohol sales at the tournament, which has steadily increased tensions between Fifa, world football’s global governing body, and … Read more

Euro 2028: UK and Ireland submit joint bid for European Championships and reveal 14 shortlisted host stadiums | Football News

The UK & Ireland’s bid to host Euro 2028 has been submitted with the 14 shortlisted host stadiums revealed. Matches would potentially take place in England at Wembley, Villa Park, Everton Stadium, London Stadium, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Wembley, Etihad Stadium, St James’ Park, Stadium of Light, Old Trafford, in Dublin at the Aviva Arena and … Read more

‘People won’t come to stadiums’: VAR slammed after ruling out Spurs winner

VAR is once again in the crosshairs following the controversial decision to rule out Harry Kane’s last-minute winner in the Champions League on Wednesday, with some players and pundits saying the system is killing the excitement of the game. Tottenham Hotspur’s Kane fired home from close range in the fifth minute of stoppage time against … Read more

Racists should be banned from stadiums, says Real Madrid’s Vinicius Jr.

Real Madrid’s Brazilian forward Vinicius Junior (R) fights for the ball with Sevilla’s Spanish defender Jose Angel Carmona (L) and Sevilla’s Moroccan goalkeeper Yassine Bounou “Bono” (Down) during the Spanish league football match between Real Madrid CF and Sevilla FC at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, on October 22, 2022. (Photo by JAVIER SORIANO … Read more

Former Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger: I would wind players up if stadiums were too quiet | Football News

Former Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger says he would deliberately wind up opposition players if stadiums were too quiet for his liking. The Germany international left the Premier League club for Real Madrid in the summer, joining the La Liga side on a free transfer. Rudiger has now revealed that he would purposely target players to … Read more