A post is going viral on social media claiming Turkish midfielder Karim Demirbay first made a sexist comment about a woman referee, and then while refereeing a junior girl’s league football match as a punishment, he abused his power and unfairly issued eight red cards. The post claims that the Turkish footballer did not lament […]
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After the Brazilian football legend Pelé died on December 29, 2022, a claim going viral on social media said the world’s football governing body, FIFA, would keep the former Brazilian international player`s feet at a museum and that his family had given the permission for the same. However, after reviewing news from reliable media and […]
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The FIFA 2022 Round 16 match between Brazil & South Korea, held on 5th December, was announced as the final game of the much talked about Stadium 974. After this match, a photo collection was viral on social media claiming to be scenes of stadium 974 being dismantled. However, Factcrescendo Team found these images to […]
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The 2022 FIFA World Cup kicked off in Qatar last month amid controversies of various kinds. From the allegations of corruption and bribery in selecting a tiny Middle East nation as host to the violation of human rights and labour malpractices, the world’s biggest single-sport tournament has been marred with a slew of scandals. Misinformation […]
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A viral image is from Saudi Arabia, taken in 2015, where alcohol is banned. Authorities caught a man at the country’s border with the United Arab Emirates with 48,000 cans of Heineken disguised as Pepsi. The 2022 FIFA World Cup is currently underway in the Islamic nation of Qatar. Since Qatar was surprisingly awarded the […]
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The video has no relation with the ongoing FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. The video is from Ak Bars Arena in Kazan, Russia in 2019. A video showing a huge crowd reading Namaz on the ground of a stadium is widely circulating on social media after the opening ceremony of the FIFA World Cup 2022 […]
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