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World Cup 2022

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World Cup 2022
Published on 05/01/2023

Video shows Saudi football tournament in 2019, not Qatar World Cup

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World Cup 2022
Published on 30/12/2022

Woman seen hugging Messi after World Cup win is chef for Argentinian football team, not his mum

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World Cup 2022
Published on 27/12/2022

Cristiano Ronaldo incident with World Cup pitch invader misrepresented

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World Cup 2022
Published on 23/12/2022

Old video of Shah Rukh Khan in Qatar falsely linked to World Cup

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World Cup 2022
Published on 22/12/2022

Video shows 2018 protest, not Brazilian World Cup squad's bus

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World Cup 2022
Published on 16/12/2022

Grant Wahl died from aortic aneurysm, not vaccination, wife says

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World Cup 2022
Published on 15/12/2022

Video shows attack on transgender woman in Morocco, not Qatar

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World Cup 2022
Published on 14/12/2022

Saudi win over Argentina at World Cup inspires social media gibe about Lionel Messi

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World Cup 2022
Published on 13/12/2022

Video of girl reacting to Islamic call to prayer filmed in Dubai, not Qatar World Cup

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World Cup 2022
Published on 07/12/2022

Hoax news broadcast falsely claims to show Ukrainian Nazis arrested in Qatar

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World Cup 2022
Published on 06/12/2022

Clip shows match stopped for Muslim prayers in Saudi Arabia in 2018, not during Qatar World Cup

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World Cup 2022
Published on 06/12/2022

Video shows fans at football match in Morocco in 2019, not at Qatar World Cup

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World Cup 2022
Published on 05/12/2022

Tweet sparks false claim that Ghana forgot to take national team’s kit to Qatar

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World Cup 2022
Published on 02/12/2022

Posts falsely claim Saudi Arabia footballer died in hospital after severe head injury at World Cup

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World Cup 2022
Published on 01/12/2022

Old video falsely shared as showing 'people converting to Islam at Qatar World Cup'

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World Cup 2022
Published on 01/12/2022

Satire posts about 'Japan team dressing room after World Cup loss' mislead online

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World Cup 2022
Published on 30/11/2022

Old photo of smuggled beer in Saudi Arabia resurfaces in posts about Qatar World Cup

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World Cup 2022
Published on 29/11/2022

Photos are not from Qatar but show a man hugging a woman at the 2018 Russia World Cup

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World Cup 2022
Published on 29/11/2022

Posts falsely claim Qatar banned German football team from landing because of plane’s pro-diversity logo

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World Cup 2022
Published on 28/11/2022

Old clip recirculates with false claim it shows 'Qatar World Cup stadium fire'

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World Cup 2022
Published on 23/11/2022

Video shows Muslims offering prayers in Russian stadium, not at Qatar World Cup

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World Cup 2022
Published on 22/11/2022

Posts share old footage to falsely claim 'four men converted to Islam at Qatar World Cup'

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World Cup 2022
Published on 22/11/2022

Video shows Koran recital at stadium ceremony one year before Qatar World Cup

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