Author: Steven Sahiounie

The FIFA World Cup 2022 opened in Qatar on Sunday, with Chinese-made products ranging from stadiums to water supply systems and clean energy technologies shining, ensuring a green global football extravaganza in the high-temperature desert area. Zhou Jian, Chinese ambassador to Qatar, told CGTN that China’s contributions to the World Cup would optimize the close friendship between the two countries. “The Lusail Stadium is an iconic project in the Chinese contribution to the World Cup. From infrastructure to telecommunications, from 1,500 new-energy buses to solar power plants, from match supplies to souvenirs and fan items, made-in-China can be found everywhere in Qatar.” Lusail Stadium …

Hundreds of millions of items of human-made debris are continually circling Earth, including broken rocket bodies, defunct satellites and fragments from orbital collisions as the number of rocket launches and space activities have been growing. Keen to tackle the space-junk problem, Chinese aerospace scientists have managed to use a large “sail” to de-orbit spacecraft at the end of their life. The de-orbiter is a sail-like device made of a thin film, the thickness of which is less than one tenth of the diameter of a hair. Folded, it is approximately the size of an adult’s palm, but it can cover…

China’s Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology Zhang Yunming said on Sunday that the country’s 5G+ industrial internet has entered the fast lane of development. He made the remarks at the opening of 2022 China 5G+ Industrial Internet Conference in Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei Province. The event has gathered academicians, experts, entrepreneurs and representatives of industry associations from across the country to explore innovation avenues and discuss wider integration of 5G technology and industrial internet. Jointly hosted by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the People’s Government of Hubei Province, the conference is scheduled to hold two main forums…

Lionel Messi begins his final World Cup with high hopes for Argentina and a tricky test from Saudi Arabia in Lusail on Tuesday. Messi’s nation is one of the favorites to go far in Qatar and the one-time finalist would love to add a World Cup to his glittering resume. Saudi Arabia’s close to home and a tough nut to crack, scrappy and capable of hanging in any game. Saudi coach Herve Renard is well-experienced on the stage and may have a surprise in store for Group C, where his completely Saudi-based squad has been training together for some time.…

Denmark and Christian Eriksen know they’ll have a chance to be the darlings of the 2022 World Cup, and that that journey begins with tournament dark horse Tunisia on Tuesday in Al Rayyan. Eriksen’s terrifying on-field injury at EURO 2020 caught the attention of the world and Denmark went deep into the tournament while following the progress of their ailing captain. Eriksen is back and thriving, now a member of Manchester United. He’ll know that Tunisia and coach Jalel Kadri will view this tournament as a chance to bring an African tournament as deep as it’s ever gone at a…

Mexico will kick off its 2022 World Cup campaign against Robert Lewandowski, Piotr Zielinski and Poland on Tuesday at Stadium 974 in Doha, Qatar. Gerardo “Tata” Martino’s side qualified by finishing 2nd in CONCACAF (one place and three points above the USMNT), as they get set to compete in their 8th straight World Cup. Poland qualified by beating Sweden in the sides’ UEFA playoff in March. Poland were previously scheduled to face Russia in the semifinals, but Russia were banned from the competition following the country’s invasion of Ukraine, thus Poland advanced in a walkover. Key storylines, players to watch closely…

DOHA, Qatar — England delivered a warning to the rest of Group B by thrashing Iran 6-2 to kick off its World Cup campaign on Monday, placing even more importance on the United States’ subsequent clash with Wales.  Jude Bellingham, Bukayo Saka (twice), Raheem Sterling, Marcus Rashford and Jack Grealish all got on the scoresheet in an early indication that the widespread predictions of England being the dominant force in the group appear to be well-founded. Gareth Southgate’s men raced into a 3-0 lead by halftime and barely broke stride, with the coach even able to rest key players such as captain Harry Kane, Saka, Sterling and Mason Mount midway through the second half, ahead of Friday’s meeting with the…

DOHA, Qatar – It actually is possible to stand up for what’s right, even when it’s not in your best interests, at this World Cup.Hours after European soccer authorities caved to FIFA’s threats over plans to show a small token of support for the LGBTQ community, Iran’s players risked the ire of their government by refusing to sing the national anthem before Monday’s game. The European teams backed off because they were oh, so afraid of jeopardizing their chances at the World Cup while the Iranian players went ahead despite knowing security forces back home have arrested, beaten, shot at…

It’s been 3,065 days since the U.S. men’s national team participated in a World Cup, but the wait is over.Monday, Nov. 21 marked the USMNT’s World Cup debut after an eight-year drought, as they faced Wales in their first match of Group B’s round-robin.And the boys did not disappoint. In an exciting start, the United States clinched the first goal in the game against Wales.Since the U.S. is back in action, it only seems appropriate that we keep track of the magic. Here’s every goal scored by the USMNT during the 2022 FIFA World cup : The United States’ eight-year…

The United States isn’t considered a World Cup favorite. Not even close. The Americans are not even a heavy favorite to advance to the knockout stage from their group.That doesn’t matter to plenty of bettors.The biggest liability for the 2022 World Cup for BetMGM is the United States winning it all. The Americans are 100-to-1 to win it all. As of Sunday, of all the tickets written on which team will win the World Cup, 10.9% of them are on the United States. That’s the third-most, only behind soccer powers Argentina (18.1%) and Brazil (13.4). BetMGM offers odds on which…