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Iran to take Canada soccer case to CAS
Jun 17, 2022 02:54Scads of emails to FIFA and no answers yet; following the Canadian national soccer team's pullout from a planned match with Iran, pressures have been heaping on Canada's footballing body, Canada Soccer, for what Iranian sports authorities regard as unsportsmanlike and illegal.
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Call for action on Islamophobia as Canada Muslims remember Afzaal family killing
Jun 08, 2022 06:14Muslim community leaders in Canada have renewed demands from the government to deal with Islamophobia a year after four members of a Muslim family were killed in a terrorist hate attack.
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Canadian Muslims urge action against right-wing extremism
Jun 07, 2022 15:10Muslims in Canada are still reeling from a deadly attack on a Muslim family in Ontario last year. A right-wing terrorist had killed four Muslims in a hate crime in the Canadian city of London. Muslims are now demanding concrete action to stop right-wing extremism.
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Aircraft interception: China warns Canada, Australia it will not allow any country to infringe upon its sovereignty
Jun 07, 2022 02:34China has warned Canada and Australia to stop their provocations or face "severe consequences," after Ottawa and Canberra accused Chinese warplanes of intercepting their reconnaissance aircraft in the Pacific Ocean.
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Report: Canada’s arms exports to Saudi Arabia spiked in 2021
Jun 02, 2022 02:00Canada’s arms exports to Saudi Arabia witnessed a spike in 2021, despite a standing diplomatic rift between the two countries and the kingdom’s ongoing war on Yemen.
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Iran to sue Canada for cancelling 'friendly' soccer match
May 30, 2022 00:46It was planned as a friendly soccer match but turned into a political dispute. Canada has unilaterally pulled out of a World Cup warm-up match it had planned with Iran on June 5 in Vancouver.
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Canada skipping football friendly shows political influence on sports: Spox
May 27, 2022 23:49Iranian Government Spokesman Ali Bahadori Jahromi has berated Canada for cancelling a friendly football match with Iran, saying it shows the influence of politics on sports in the West.
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Iran to seek $10mn in damages after Canada cancels football friendly
May 27, 2022 06:41An official of Iran’s sports ministry says the country’s football federation will seek $10 million in damages from the Canadian soccer body for canceling a friendly match between Iran and Canada.
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Iran urges Canada not to use soccer friendly match as 'political plaything’
May 24, 2022 06:57Iran has strongly denounced attempts by the Canadian government to scuttle a friendly match between the national Iranian men's football team and Canada in preparation for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, stating that the sporting event must not be used as a political plaything.
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Canada bans China's Huawei and ZTE 5G equipment, joining Five Eyes allies
May 20, 2022 03:10Canada has joined the US and other key allies to press ahead with its long-awaited decision to ban the Chinese telecommunications giants, Huawei Technologies and ZTE 5G.