There are multiple men accused of sexual assault playing in the FIFA World Cup…

[AngryTERF]

Like many, I have been enjoying the World Cup over the past few weeks.

Sadly, however, my enjoyment has been shattered by the news that more than 5 men playing have been accused of serious sexual assault. Some have even admitted to their crimes, and yet they’re still being celebrated on the world’s stage!

I am shocked by this. You’d think a company like FIFA would at least try to look like they give a shit about women?

Personally, I think that any man convicted of sexual assault shouldn’t be allowed to play. Full stop. Send a clear message that this behaviour is not allowed!

FIFA were happy to have a World Cup built on modern slavery last time, and give Donald Trump a Peace prize.

Why would you think that shower of venal shits would care about women?

You’d think a company like FIFA would at least try to look like they give a shit about women?

Why would they? It wouldn't bring them any additional money. In fact, it would probably make them lose money, because so many football fans are sexist pigs who would hate to lose their male idols, so they have no reason to do it.

Yes, four (so far): Ghana’s midfielder Thomas Partey, Morocco captain Achraf Hakimi, Japan’s Kaishu Sano (charged with gang-rape) and Cape Verde captain Ryan Mendes who is under investigation for allegedly raping a Brazilian team translator at an Auckland hotel during the FIFA Series tournament in March 2026.

What with that ,and the Netherlands Olympic team that had an actual convicted child rapist on its Olympic volleyball team, it's hard to avoid the conclusion that women and girls's safety is unimportant to sports authorities, and indeed to many sponsors and advertisers.

I read that two men on the Japanese team have a history of assault.

Maybe innocent until proven guilty has to apply, if only for legal reasons, though 'as a matter of principle' could also be argued?
If they've been convicted, that's a different story.

Innocent until proven guilty only means the person isn't considered guilty by the court before that. It doesn't mean no measures can be taken on the basis of allegations alone: if that were the case, nobody could ever be arrested never mind kept in custody until they'd first been convicted.

Ronaldo

The Japanese man mentioned admitted to the assault.

Yes, exactly.

Sports organisation talks about ethics, but has none. Sports organisation doesn't give a hoot about women. What's new?

What??

Right. And the world is encouraged to watch these men as heroes.

Fuck it all.

Oh my goodness. Imagine how their victims must feel. Appalling. Was this in the press? I feel like this hasn’t had much coverage.

Always astonished that this isn't more widely known
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/nancy-armour/2026/07/06/cristiano-ronaldo-world-cup-career-over-good/90817468007/

Partey was refused entry into Canada, this was a widely celebrated move, and celebrated by all who were outraged when the US prevented a Somali referee from entering the US.

Everyone was (rightly outraged) over a US player's red card suspension being overturned, but were quiet when the same was done to Ronaldo to let him play at the World Cup.

So in brief FIFA and sports journalists/pundits are all hypocrites. Nothing new there.

The amount of people who support that boxer. His wife has even stayed with him. How is such a vile man allowed unsupervised access to his children. Shes pregnant again as well. He was charged officially in court.

I don't understand the point you're trying to make in your first paragraph. The referee was not under investigation for rape or any other crime, therefore his entry refusal on the grounds of his nationality is completely different to Partey's entry refusal on the grounds of his alleged illegal behaviour. How on earth is reacting differently to those two completely different situations "hypocracy"?

Well they were all in the press, but in dribs and drabs. There didn't seem to be any concerted expression of horror at the idea that men who are so violent are being portrayed to young sports fans as heroes bringing honour and glory to their country.

But hey, male violence is all the fault of the Tate brothers and everybody should watch Adolescence.🙄

Nothing matters in football more than money. Morals and doing the right thing are never going to be high on the list of priorities for those in charge.

My kids picked up that the Scottish fans booed every time the Morroccan captain had the ball. Maybe coincidence but maybe not. I used the opportunity to explain why I thought they were doing it and they were horrified that he was allowed to play so all is not lost.