Claim: American actor Morgan Freeman has converted to Islam. He has also said that Qatar’s culture made him “love Islam more”, that he “will spread what happened” to him among his close ones, and that “God gave [him] a vision of the right path”. Fact: Freeman has not converted to Islam. A representative for the […]
Claim: Pakistan won the World Polo Championship 2022 by beating Mexico in the Final 11-8. Fact: Spain won the World Polo Championship 2022. The Pakistan team defeated Mexico in a match 11-8, placing it in 5th position in the world cup rankings. On 9 November 2022, a Twitter handle called @CPEC_UPDATE claimed that Pakistan had […]
Claim: Social media post claims that during the FIFA World Cup, football players’ suddenly paused the match after the azan sounded around the stadium. Fact: The claim is false. The video is from 2018 in Saudi Arabia. The video actually shows a match between football clubs Al Feiha and Al-Fateh, during which Former English Premier […]
Claim: Four people have converted to Islam after a lecture by Indian Islamic televangelist Dr Zakir Naik during FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar. Fact: The incident took place in 2016, not during the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. On 22 November 2022, Soch Fact Check received an image of Muslim televangelist Dr Zakir […]
Claim: A video shared on social media apparently shows a Quran recital at the opening ceremony of the Qatar World Cup at the Al Bayt Stadium. Fact: The claim is false. The video is from 2021 from the official inauguration ceremony of the Al Thumama World Cup Stadium in Qatar. On 21 November 2022, a […]
Claim: A Twitter video claims that it shows a man breaking his TV after watching the winning moments of India during the T20 World Cup match against Pakistan. Fact: The video and claim are false. The video is from a 2016 football match where a man smashed his TV after his girlfriend pranked him by […]
Claim: Former England captain and renowned commentator Nasser Hussain said that the umpires made some decisions in favour of India during the recent T20 World Cup 2022 match against Pakistan. Fact: The statement was wrongly attributed to the commentator in posts shared online. Hussain clarified that the quote was fake and urged a social media […]
Claim: 28-year-old Pakistani cricketer Usman Khan Shinwari has passed away from a heart attack while playing a cricket match. Fact: Usman Khan Shinwari did not pass away. His 46-year-old namesake, Usman Shinwari, passed away from a heart attack while playing a Corporate League match in Lahore. Fact or Fiction? On 25 September 2022, club cricketer […]
Claim: A screenshot of Afghan cricket player Farid Malik apologising after for a recent on-field feud with Pakistan’s Asif Ali was widely shared on social media Fact: The Twitter account purportedly representing Farid Malik is fake, and neither player has issued an apology for the verbal spat, which turned violent. Pakistan’s cricket team faced off […]
Claim: A video on social media shows “Sheikhs of Dubai” celebrating after India won the T20 match against Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2022. Fact: The claim is false. The video is doctored, and the celebration clip is from a football match in Kuwait in September 2020. It is not related to the cricket match […]
Claim: A video posted by various Indian media outlets shows a group of highly-charged men breaking a television after a cricket match between India and Pakistan during the Asia Cup 2022. Fact: The video is four years old when cricket fans in Karachi broke a television set in anger at Pakistan losing to Bangladesh in […]
Claim: A screenshot of a Whatsapp chat suggests that Pakistan’s Olympic javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem said that PML-N’s Nawaz Sharif”s political struggle inspired him to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games 2022 despite an injury. Fact: Arshad Nadeem clarified he did not have any such conversation with anyone and the screenshot doing the […]