FIFA faces pressure to discipline 2026 World Cup co-host Mexico after anti-gay chant returns vs Czechia

An anti-gay slur chanted by Mexico fans during their 3-0 win over Czechia could lead to FIFA discipline for one of the 2026 ...

World Cup: Will FIFA punish Mexico after fans' homophobic chant returns vs. Czechia?

The particular chant is not a new thing for the team's fans. The team and its fans have faced punishment in recent years for ...

What is ‘Links Rechts’? Iconic Dutch chant returns at the World Cup

Ollie Whitmore, Chief football news reporterThe Netherlands’ 2-2 draw with Japan might’ve been one of the games of the World ...

How Norway football fans turned to their Viking history for FIFA World Cup

Two Oslo neighbours, a Tenerife holiday and a Norse explorer who beat Columbus to America. The inside story of Norwegian ...

Video of pro-Palestinian chant filmed before World Cup, in Europe

Social media users are claiming a video shows Bosnia and Herzegovina fans at the 2026 World Cup shouting a pro-Palestinian ...

'Vamos Nippon!' is the catchy Japanese soccer chant. What does it mean?

Japan will face off against Tunisia this weekend in Group F's second game. Here's what to know about the team's most popular ...
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The art of football chants – and why they were a strange soundtrack to the Ryder Cup

A version of this article was first published in August 2021. In amongst the abuse hurled at Rory McIlroy, the beer thrown at Rory McIlroy, the emphatic retorts from Rory McIlroy and also some golf ...