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TopicQatar World Cup

Topic: Qatar World Cup

‘I am a dual national’: Moroccan coach on divided loyalties between France and Morocco

As Wednesday's match brings up multiple identities & sporting allegiances, Moroccan coach Walid Regragui is only interested in winning against France in the semi finals.

‘Representing my country is an emotional thing,’ says Argentina coach after win against Croatia

Coach Lionel Scaloni on Tuesday dedicated the team's recent success to their fans from the country who gave them support & strength despite their loss against Saudi Arabia in their first game.

Morocco’s rise in Qatar is knocking at the doors of football history. This time for Africa

Morocco defeated heavyweights Belgium, Canada, and Spain to book a quarterfinal slot against Portugal at the 2022 Qatar World Cup. But how did it do it?

Qatar accused of ‘sportswashing’ at FIFA World Cup 2022. But fans don’t really care

There was similar criticism of major boxing events in Saudi Arabia and the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing. But fans don't focus on it too much.

Thacke-ray of hope for Bihari manoos & the real takeaway from ‘Satyendar cam’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.