Qatar
28 Oct 2020
Days after the invasive examination of women at Doha Airport triggered global headlines and threatened Qatar's diplomatic relationship with Australia, the Arab country has promised an investigation, reports said on Wednesday.
15 Jul 2020
FIFA, on Wednesday, released the full schedule for the 2022 World Cup which will be played in Qatar during November-December.
01 Jul 2020
India is one of the five nations to have bid for the 2027 Asian Cup hosting rights, the Asian Football Federation (AFC) has revealed.
25 Apr 2020
India were unable to submit a bid for hosting the 2030 Asian Games before the deadline of April 22 due to coronavirus pandemic.
07 Apr 2020
According to US prosecutors, former FIFA executives took bribes in return for voting for Russia and Qatar to host the World Cup.
08 Mar 2020
The Indian men football team's upcoming FIFA World Cup Qualifier match against Qatar has been postponed due to the spread of coronavirus.
22 Dec 2019
Liverpool have continued their sublime run of form in 2019 and it makes them a force to be reckoned with.
18 Dec 2019
The ICC is investigating the Qatar T10 league after intercepting known miscreants in the event.
11 Sep 2019
The Indian men's national football team held Qatar to a 0-0 draw away from home at Doha in a key FIFA 2022 World qualifying match.
08 Sep 2019
On Saturday, United States President Donald Trump said that he has canceled a peace deal with Taliban leaders.
18 Jun 2019
Former UEFA president Michel Platini is being questioned by French anti-corruption investigators in relation to him awarding Qatar the hosting rights of the 2022 World Cup.
23 May 2019
The FIFA World Cup is the biggest football event and draws billions of viewers worldwide.
23 Feb 2019
India has, for the first time in five decades, received an invitation to be the 'guest of honor' at the foreign ministers' conclave of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) - an organization of powerful Muslim-majority countries.
05 Jan 2019
Six-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic said his principle target for this month was 'a trophy'.
30 Dec 2018
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi today traveled to Qatar, where he is expected to discuss the Afghan reconciliation process and issues of mutual interests with the top officials of the Gulf country.
10 Dec 2018
Gianni Infantino stated that FIFA will decide in March 2019, whether the next edition of the football 2022 World Cup will be extended to 48 teams or not.
03 Dec 2018
On Monday, Qatar announced that it would withdraw from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), effective January 2019.
31 Oct 2018
FIFA President Gianni Infantino has said that the body is pondering over the possibility of 48 teams in the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
28 Oct 2018
Long-awaited reform of Qatar's controversial exit visa system, which requires foreign workers to obtain their bosses' permission to leave the country, came into force on Sunday, the government said.
27 Oct 2018
Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj will travel to Qatar and Kuwait from October 28 to 31 in pursuit of India's objective of enhanced engagement with the Gulf region.
17 Oct 2018
Organizers of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia have claimed that the tournament has helped boost the country's economy by $14 billion.
27 Sep 2018
Leading Qatari woman athlete Mariam Farid, who competes wearing a hijab, says she would never compromise on her identity but would not mind blending a bit of fashion with religion.
01 Sep 2018
A Saudi official has hinted the Kingdom was moving forward with a plan to dig a canal that would turn the neighboring Qatari peninsula into an island, amid a diplomatic feud between the Gulf nations.
27 Aug 2018
Indian track and field athlete, Dharun Ayyasamy, clinched the second spot in men's 400m hurdles at the 2018 Asian Games.
12 Aug 2018
Qatar, currently the world's richest place, is soon set to be overtaken by Macau - the world's newest gambling hotspot.
28 Jul 2018
The Taliban held their first direct contact with a US official in a preliminary discussion about future peace-talks on Afghanistan, a Taliban senior official said today.
21 Jun 2018
The Kerala police on Wednesday arrested a Gulf returnee for duping the Qatar Royal Family of Rs. 5.60 crore by forging email address.
17 Jun 2018
The FIFA World Cup is in full swing with some of the world's finest footballers in action.
17 Apr 2018
Several football leagues have opposed the FIFA's plan to expand the 2022 World Cup, European Leagues president Lars-Christer Olsson said.
14 Apr 2018
FIFA President Gianni Infantino wants a 48-team 2022 World Cup that is slated to be held in Qatar.
18 Nov 2017
Based on the per capita income of its people, Qatar has been named the world's richest country.
06 Nov 2017
One of the Indian names that came up in the Paradise Papers leak is coaching class franchise FIITJEE.
18 Sep 2017
Snapchat has blocked access to broadcaster Al Jazeera in Saudi Arabia.
10 Sep 2017
Saudi Arabia has suspended dialogue with Qatar, shortly after a phone call between Qatar's emir and the Saudi crown prince.
04 Aug 2017
To counter boycott from the Saudi-led alliance, Qatar has now okayed a draft law that grants permanent residency cards to certain foreigners.
05 Jul 2017
Even as Doha said it is trying to reach an agreement in the ongoing diplomatic crisis, it announced a steep increase in LNG production capacity, hinting it isn't ruling out a prolonged dispute.
03 Jul 2017
Four Arab states including Saudi Arabia have extended the deadline for Qatar to accept 13 demands within 48 hours, or there will be further sanctions, they warned.
28 Jun 2017
Saudi Arabia remained adamant that its demands on Qatar were non-negotiable, as the US and Kuwait mediated talks between the various parties in ongoing Qatar crisis in Washington, DC.
27 Jun 2017
German newspaper 'Bild' has put out the details of the Garcia Report, an investigation conducted by The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) regarding the alleged corruption during the 2022 Qatar World Cup bidding process.
23 Jun 2017
A day after the government announced special flights from Doha to India, it denied it is an evacuation, but an attempt to restore connectivity which has been hit due to "regional political developments".
