England star Harry Kane hits out at FIFA as he’s left ‘disappointed’ over rainbow armband Daily Express says Harry Kane has expressed his “disappointment” at FIFA after they effectively stopped him from wearing the One Love rainbow armband. The World Cup tournament authorities confirmed just hours before kick-off that they would book team captains if they wore the anti-discrimination symbol. “I said yesterday we wanted to wear it, that decision was taken out of my…
Qatar World Cup 2022: Argentina 1-2 Saudi Arabia – Full time report Saudi Arabia pulled off perhaps the biggest upset in World Cup history – after coming back from 1-0 down at half time, to winning 2-1 by the full-time whistle. Saudi Arabia faced Lionel Messi’s Argentina today at 13:00 in an exciting Group C opener game in Lusail. Argentina were widely expected to win as Saudi Arabia are ranked 51st in the world. Lionel…
The two pundits had a very tense exchange as they bickered on air.
‘I can’t say how happy I am. I’ve still not got over it yet,’ Finlay said.
The Arsenal star made a sensational World Cup debut.
‘They’ve infiltrated every level of society’.
‘You can’t treat people like that.’
Live coverage as Lionel Messi gets up and running in Qatar.
Jude Bellingham is a shining example of England’s emerging generation The Guardian says Jude Bellingham was only 14 when England began their last World Cup campaign but he was already planning for the future. “Even watching that I was only ever thinking: ‘How can I get into this team?’” the midfielder said last week. Four-and-a-half years on and the 19‑year‑old scored his first senior international goal on the biggest stage as Gareth Southgate’s side kicked…
Bukayo Saka and Marcus Rashford lay ghosts to rest in redemptive England win The Independent says As he stood on the touchline at the Khalifa International Stadium waiting to come on as a substitute, Marcus Rashford was preparing himself for his first kick of the ball in an England shirt in 489 days, since the penalty that he missed in the Euro 2020 final shoot-out defeat to Italy. Shortly after, when that first kick came,…
Nigel De Jong explains why Jude Bellingham won’t flop like Manchester United dud Jadon Sancho The Metro says Nigel De Jong has dismissed suggestions that England starlet Jude Bellingham might be wary of moving to the Premier League due to the struggles of Manchester United flop Jadon Sancho. The 19-year-old gave a composed and authoritative display in the Three Lions’ World Cup opener against Iran on Monday, opening the scoring in a 6-2 win with…
England destroy Iran in World Cup 2022 opener as Bukayo Saka shines The Daily Mirror says England kicked off their 2022 World Cup campaign with a 6-2 demolition of Iran. Gareth Southgate’s men arrived in Qatar without a win in six games and having struggled for form in 2022. But they took Carlos Queiroz’s side to pieces in Doha, with Arsenal whizkid Bukayo Saka and Borussia Dortmund’s Jude Bellingham the Iranians’ tormentors-in-chief. England had opened…
Qatar World Cup 2022: Wales vs USA – team news, starting XI and predictions Facts Wales vs USA – BBC One 7 pm First game for both USA and Wales Wales first World Cup appearance in 64 years USA have an energetic and young team but lack experience Tonight’s game complete’s Group B’s first round of fixtures Previous Next Analysis Qatar World Cup 2022: Wales vs USA Wales will take on the USA in their…
Qatar World Cup 2022: England 6-2 Iran England have made a pretty perfect start to their world cup campaign, winning 6-2 with some pretty slick goals. The team were able to show off their athleticism and skill in a game that saw a long pause in the first half following a head injury to the Iranian goalie. Jude Bellingham opened the scoring, Saka netted two goals and Sterling scored his first England goal. Marcus Rashford was substituted on…
2022 World cup England vs Iran GROUP B 13:00 GMT kickoff Khalifa International Stadium Where to watch England vs Iran England’s first game of the 2022 World cup will be televised live on BBC 1 and BBC Iplayer. England vs Iran – FIFA World Cup 2022 Gary Lineker introduces live coverage of England’s opening game of this year’s Fifa World Cup, with England taking on Iran in the second of 64 matches over the next…
Qatar World Cup 2022: England 3-0 Iran – half time review We’re halfway through the first half of the opening games for both England and Iran and the Three Lions are up 3 goals – thanks to wonder kid Jude Bellingham, Bukayo Saka and England favourite Raheem Sterling. The game has, so far, been heavily dominated by England – who’s had roughly 80 per cent of possession and over seven shots – four on target. …
England, Wales and others back down over armband row – World Cup 2022 England, Wales and others back down over armband row – World Cup 2022 Here is a reminder that only yesterday the England camp were still very much in favour of wearing the OneLove armband, which they, along with the other nations planning to wear it, have now been forced to back down on.
BBC ignores World Cup opening ceremony in favour of Qatar criticism When the Qatari government decided to spend millions of pounds on a World Cup opening ceremony featuring Morgan Freeman, Jungkook from BTS and hundreds of performers, it probably hoped it would be the moment when the global media finally focused on football rather than human rights. What it probably did not expect was that the BBC would ignore the entire event in favour of…
World Cup 2022: England, Wales and European countries drop LGBTQ armband England and Wales – who open their World Cup campaigns today – along with European nations will no longer wear the OneLove armband during the World Cup because of the threat to players being booked. The team captains including England’s Harry Kane and Wales’s Gareth Bale had planned to wear the armband during matches to promote diversity and inclusion. A joint statement from seven…
World Cup 2022 England vS Iran Facts England will start their World Cup campaign on Monday 21 November, playing Iran England vs Iran is only the second game of the tournament Kickoff is 1pm UK time Watch online via BBC One or BBC iPlayer England are favourites to win England and Iran have never played each other before Wales will take on USA later in the day The latest odds England to win 3/10…
FIFA has warned countries that captains will be booked for wearing the armband.
The Three Lions will play Iran in their first match of the tournament in the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha at 1pm GMT today.
Exclusive – Questions have been raised about whether Qatar has the capacity to host one of the world’s leading international sporting events. The fan accommodation sites provided by Qatar’s World Cup organisers have already come under strong criticism. I travelled to the Rawdat Al Jahhaniya Fan Camp to see it for myself.
World Cup 2022: England, Wales & other European nations in talks over OneLove armbands England, Wales and other European nations are in talks over whether to continue with their plans for their captains to wear a OneLove armband at the World Cup in Qatar. The captains of nine nations had planned to wear the armbands to promote diversity and inclusion. But they have been warned by Fifa officials that wearing the armband would be a…
Allen is up to number five in the world rankings.
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