FIFA World Cup 2022

As 2022 wraps, social media platforms have started announcing the year's biggest and most popular trends. Meta Platforms Inc.'s (NASDAQ: META) Instagram has also announced the top trending hashtags of 2022 — some of those will tickle your funny bone while others will prompt you...

FIFA World Cup 2022 was arguably the most thrilling tournament of the century that witnessed Argentina clinch the trophy for the third time. Here are some interesting Twitter stats for the FIFA World Cup 2022.  What Happened: Twitter shared some record-breaking and exciting stats after 64 epic...

By Franca Quarneti via El Planteo If you paid attention, you may have seen it: a flag of the Argentine Cannabis Confederation, waving during the soccer games of the Argentine National Team at the Qatar 2022 World Cup. In fact, it is quite difficult not to lay your eyes on it, since the 420-friendly...

Mexican boxer Canelo Alvarez apologized after publicly threatening Lionel Messi on Twitter on Wednesday.  What Happened: Alvarez accused Messi of insulting Mexico as a viral dressing-room video appeared to show the Argentine captain nudging away a Mexican jersey on the floor with his foot....

Qatar is not only hosting the FIFA World Cup but also a beauty contest for camels, where the animals of different breeds, sizes and ages are participating.  What Happened: The Qatar Camel Mzayen Club beauty contest, being held in Ash-Shahaniyah, has many Gulf countries competing in different...

Iran has reportedly threatened the families of its World Cup soccer team with imprisonment and torture if the players failed to "behave," ahead of their match with the U.S. on Tuesday. What Happened: In a bid to do damage control after the players refused to sing the nation's national anthem in...

Belgian police detained a dozen people on Sunday after Morocco‘s victory over Belgium in the FIFA World Cup in Qatar triggered riots in Brussels, with vehicles being set on fire. What Happened: The riots broke out in several places across Belgium where dozens of soccer fans – many of...

American soccer journalist Grant Wahl said he was detained by security staff after he wore a rainbow shirt to the U.S. World Cup opener against Wales in Qatar.  What Happened: Wahl wore the rainbow shirt to Qatar's Ahmad bin Ali Stadium where the match was taking place, to show solidarity with...

Few altcoins are rallying despite the FTX (CRYPTO: FTT) fiasco that sent shockwaves to the overall crypto market. What Happened: The top altcoin performer was Trust Wallet’s native token TWT (CRYPTO: TWT) that rallied over 100% in the past seven days as the price reached an all-time high of $...

In a breakthrough agreement, Israeli and Palestinian fans will be able to fly directly to the FIFA World Cup in Qatar from Tel Aviv for the first time.  What Happened: FIFA, on Thursday, announced that charter flights to Doha from Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport for the tournament starting Nov. 20...

A Qatar World Cup ambassador said homosexuality was “damage in the mind,” as the Gulf state gears up to host over a million visitors for the global football tournament in less than two weeks. What Happened: “(Homosexuality) is haram. You know what haram (forbidden) means?,”...

Payments behemoth Visa Inc (NYSE: V) has announced a partnership with Crypto.com to launch an NFT collection of iconic goals from five legendary soccer players, ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar. Iconic goals by legendary soccer stars Jared Borgetti, Tim Cahill, Carli Lloyd, Michael...