The first soccer World Cup ever to be held in the Middle East begins on Sunday, but never before has the biggest tournament of the planet's most watched sport been shrouded in so much controversy. The ...

LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — Less than a month before it is set to host the World Cup final, Lusail City is oddly quiet. Wide empty streets, idle lobbies and construction cranes are everywhere in the sleek ...

DOHA, Qatar — In the World Cup, Qatar is just another team. In the Asian Cup, Qatar is a force to be reckoned with. Just over a year since it exited its own World Cup in the group stage and without a ...

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — America's top diplomat landed in Qatar on Monday to take in a World Cup match and hold talks as regional tensions remain high amid Iran's rapid advancement of its nuclear program ...

Qatar hosting the soccer World Cup is like Donald Trump becoming president of the United States. It should not have happened, but the very fact that it has only exposes how bad things have become.

DOHA, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Less than 13 months after hosting one of the all-time great soccer World Cup finals, Qatar takes centre stage once again when 24 nations compete for the AFC Asian Cup in nine ...

Soccer journalist Grant Wahl, who recently made international headlines after he said he was temporarily detained in Qatar for wearing a rainbow shirt, has died, U.S. Soccer said in a statement. A ...

Saudi Arabia achieved a stunning 2-1 comeback win over Argentina in the soccer World Cup on Tuesday. In terms of individual quality and experience, this result is truly historic. Yet it serves a ...

QATAR (AP) — One of the World Cup stadiums in Qatar is named after the Persian Gulf country's international dialing code — 974 — and another is called "Education City." They're unusual names that ...