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The Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) has clinched a deal with Fifa to pay US$33 million, or about 1.2 billion baht, for the rights to live broadcast all 64 matches of the 2022 World Cup, SAT governor Kongsak Yodmanee said on Thursday.

In a country where women still lack control over some basic elements of their own lives and seldom occupy positions of power in politics or industry, Fifa’s decision to place female officials in charge of matches at this World Cup is both significant and laced with hypocrisy.

Official-looking flyers have circulated on social media describing cultural expectations for fans attending the World Cup in Qatar

When Gianni Infantino last week urged football and politics to part ways once this World Cup begins, he must, presumably, have forgotten not only about FIFA’s choice of host but also about the involvement of Iran.

Infantino wrote to all 32 competing nations earlier this month urging them to focus on the on-field action

Infantino has called on the 32 competing World Cup nations to focus on football rather than political matters

Five-time World Cup champions Brazil find themselves in the same group as Serbia and Switzerland once more, with Cameroon completing the lineup for Group G in Qatar

Group F sees two of the final four teams from the 2018 World Cup drawn alongside an AFCON quarter-finalist and a nation making its first appearance since 1986

Cristiano Ronaldo has one final chance to pull off the biggest achievement of his career with Portugal as they prepare to take on Ghana, Uruguay and South Korea in Group H