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FIFA is set to kick off its first winter World Cup on Sunday in Qatar. The schedule shift for the event, which is typically held in the summer, is presenting conflicts for sports fans at a busy time in the American sports calendar, and it may leave the world’s largest sporting event as an afterthought for sports gamblers. “If it was held in the summer months, in general [it would] be of wider interest,” PointsBet U.S. CEO Johnny Aitken told Yahoo Finance. “If there’s more interest, I… Source link

DOHA, Qatar — Alcoholic beer will not be sold in and around World Cup stadiums after all, according to a Friday announcement from organizers that represents a stunning reversal two days before the tournament. Qatari authorities appear to have overruled FIFA, soccer’s global governing body and owner of the World Cup; and Budweiser, a longtime FIFA sponsor. For months, FIFA, Budweiser and Qatar, the 2022 World Cup’s controversial host nation, seemed to have found a middle-ground agreement… Source link

Google is rolling out a bunch of updates across platforms making it easier for fans to follow the FIFA World Cup starting November 20. These include a daily highlights video from TV networks, customized notifications, a dedicated section on Google TV, and a multiplayer game. Just like for any sport, you can search with phrases like “FIFA World Cup” or the “World Cup” and you’ll get the latest scores from the tournament. You can subscribe to tournament… Source link

THE CJ CUP in South Carolina Ridgeland, South CarolinaCongaree Golf Club – Par 71 – 7,655 yardsField – 78 entrantsPurse – $10.5M The Preview The CJ Cup remains stateside for the third consecutive year despite its Korean affiliation, as Congaree Golf Club now plays host to the limited-field event after also hosting the Palmetto Championship in 2021. This lengthy par-71 layout features extremely wide and firm fairways as the course plays a touch shorter than would appear on paper, making it more… Source link

A protestor ran onto the court and set his arm on fire in the middle of the 2022 Laver Cup in London on Friday. The man wore a white shirt with the words “end UK private jets” written on it. He was quickly escorted off the court after the fire was put out by officials. The protest temporarily halted the singles match between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Diego Schwartzman. He reportedly ran onto the court after Tsitsipas won the first set and set his arm on fire before security grabbed him. After… Source link

USMNT players model their 2022 World Cup kits. (Nike) Long before Nike’s Thursday release of the U.S. men’s national team’s 2022 World Cup kits, and even before the jerseys leaked last month, some USMNT players got to glimpse and even model the threads they’ll wear in November — and Weston McKennie, midfielder and fashion aficionado, “tried to tell them.” “Them” was presumably Nike and U.S. Soccer. Players, Tim Weah said, were “just as angry” as fans now are. But by then,… Source link

Henrik Stenson has been stripped of his European Ryder Cup captaincy in advance of an expected move to the breakaway LIV Golf tour. Ryder Cup Europe announced the move, “with immediate effect,” on Wednesday morning. “In light of decisions made by Henrik in relation to his personal circumstances, it has become clear that he will not be able to fulfill certain contractual obligations to Ryder Cup Europe that he had committed to prior to his announcement as captain on Tuesday, March 15, 2022,”… Source link

Sophia Smith (left) scored two goals in the USWNT’s rout of Jamaica at the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship. (Photo by Jaime Lopez/Jam Media/Getty Images) Nine months before the 2019 U.S. women’s national team conquered all comers, it was already a finished product. It hadn’t yet clinched a spot at the World Cup it would eventually win, but the 11 players who opened a breezy qualifying campaign on Oct. 4, 2018, became the core that triumphed the following summer. Of the 11, 10 started the… Source link

Burger King employee Kevin Ford never missed a day’s work in the 27 years he spent as a cook at the Las Vegas McCarren airport location of the chain restaurant. So when he arrived at work on the 27th anniversary of his employment and joked around about the time spent working at the company, management scrambled to find a present to thank him for his hard work. The present: a string backpack, a movie ticket, a lanyard, a coffee cup, and some candy. Ford posted a video of him opening the… Source link

When you walk the walk, you earn the right to talk the talk as well. Stanley Cup champion Nazem Kadri took the opportunity to do just that during his postgame on-ice interview following the Avalanche’s 2-1 Game 6 victory to clinch the NHL’s grandest prize. “For everyone that thought I was a liability in the playoffs you can kiss my ass.” Kadri told Sportsnet’s David Amber and Elliotte Friedman. Kadri has infamously been suspended three different times in the playoffs, twice with the… Source link