For the first time, a football World Cup will be played in winter. From November 20 to December 18, 2022, the best national teams in the world will fight in Qatar for the sport’s most important title.
There are many reasons why awarding the tournament to Qatar as host was a huge mistake that should never have been made: human rights abuses in the country, exploitation of migrant workers, discrimination against against the LGBTQIA+ community and, last but not least, the terms of the prize. himself.
It is obvious that Qatar applied for a completely different period (summer) and bought votes with money and consideration. The alleged climate neutrality can also be seriously doubted in view of the huge construction works with newly built and cooled arenas.
Nevertheless, the athletes pursue their sporting goals at this tournament. For many it is the first, the last or simply the only chance to participate in such an important competition. Many of them pursue their childhood dreams – regardless of the political situation in the host country.
ran will report on the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, with a clear focus on sporting competition, in which there is a legitimate interest worldwide. And with eyes and ears open to everything happening around the tournament.
Because sport has a universal and unifying power that can transcend political or cultural differences. In the World Cup, political adversaries such as the United States and Iran also compete peacefully in sports competitions. Football fans from Canada to Saudi Arabia to Australia will watch the same tournament. People from different walks of life have the chance to meet, either face to face or on social media, as they are watching the same match in distant locations.
We are convinced that a sportingly objective and at the same time opinionated report on the first World Cup in an Arab country makes more sense than a boycott or media isolation. This also includes the critical denomination of grievances, but for us primarily the journalistic support of the sport.
For ran In addition to these serious subjects, the humorous vision of small parallel stories always plays an important role. Because football remains the most important and funniest thing in the world. Even if it’s not easy in this World Cup.
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On the Saturday before the start of the World Cup and after all matches played by the German national team, Torsten Frings will talk about the performance of the DFB team and other World Cup-related topics on the web show of world Cup.
The 79-time national played for Germany in two World Cups: in 2002 he became runners-up in Japan and South Korea, and in 2006 he finished third in the Summer Fairy Tale in Germany .
Here is an overview of the first broadcast dates:
From the editorial staff of Unterföhring, our editors, together with the sports information service, provide the latest news on events in Qatar. The one in the center World Cup Live Blog brings together the most relevant news of the day.
For all matches of the German national team as well as for some matches of the top nations, there is an individual evaluation with a player rating shortly after the final whistle. In addition, we will regularly comment on both the sporting conditions and the general conditions.
Freelance writer Maik Rosner provides background reports and first-hand experiences from Qatar.
On ran.de and in the ranapp, we offer highlights summaries of selected games in the form of videos. We will also show excerpts from press conferences from the DFB and other nations, as well as videos of training sessions in different countries. We show selected German national team PKs in the free live stream.
All World Cup videos on one page
This ran-The data center provides real-time data, including statements on the website and app, player– and Team Stats to all games. World Cup live ticker are available for individual games as well as in the conference.
With the match schedule and the live table you’ll always be up to date with what’s going on – and with the ran World Cup Spreadsheet Calculator you can play through the result in all groups with your tips.
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