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Iran asks FIFA to move World Cup 2026 matches to Mexico

Iran’s ‌football federation is in discussions with FIFA ⁠about moving ⁠its World Cup 2026 matches from the United States to tournament co-host Mexico due to concerns ⁠about the safety of players, Iranian football president Mehdi Taj has said.

Iran to skip FIFA World Cup

The Iranian national football team will skip the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Iranian Sports Minister Ahmad Donyamali said on Thursday.

Türkiye detains 32 football officials in illegal betting probe

Turkish authorities detained 32 suspects, including executives of football clubs, as part of a widening investigation into alleged match-fixing and illegal betting in the country's professional leagues, the prosecutor's office in Istanbul said.

Figure skaters win Georgia first-ever Olympic medal

Figure skaters Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava made history for Georgia on Monday, winning the country's first Winter Olympic medal by claiming silver in the pairs figure skating event of the Milano Cortina Games.

Israeli bobsled team robbed ahead of Milan Winter Games

An Israeli bobsled pilot said the apartment that he and some fellow Olympians have been using while finishing their training for the Milan Cortina Winter Games was robbed, with passports and “thousands of dollars’” worth of other items among what was taken.

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