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I keep pinching myself every day. it s the passion and emotion that makes a world cup so unique. the biggest prize in world football. and as the atmosphere now builds, so do the hopes of every fan. the organisers with a focus well documented issues in the build up to the term it will have been moved to one side when the football started, but those controversial comments in the lead up controversial comments in the lead up to the tournament in the ongoing discussions revolving around the wearing of this rainbow armband has really put those issues front and centre, and arguably puts the players in a difficult position. do they use their platform as they would like to do to raise greater awareness of some of those issues surrounding inclusivity and certainly around lgbt eq plus rights or do they risk that possible sporting sanction and follow the wishes of the qatari organisers and fifa. 7 we are expecting an ....
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We ve now heard the fa and six other countries will not ask their captains to wear one love armband in this year s world cup. they have been warned by fifa officials that wearing the armband would be a breach of its rules and risk a sporting sanction . a joint statement from the fa says we are very frustrated by the fifa decision which we believe is unprecedented . it s as england and wales kick off their world cup campaigns today in their opening matches in qatar. england will take on iran, then wales will play the united states. it ll be wales first appearance in the competition since 1958 but the controversies that loomed ahead of the games, have not gone away. i m joined by our sports correspondentjohn watson who is in doha. let s start with a joint statement from the football associations of england, wales and five other european nations. talk us through ....
Second penalty from gareth bale in the second half and that has given them again second half and that has given them again very second half and that has given them again very good chance of going on in the again very good chance of going on in the tournament, no surprise perhaps in the tournament, no surprise perhaps that there was a bit of stage perhaps that there was a bit of stage fright, the first time in a world stage fright, the first time in a world cup since 1958 for the welsh so they world cup since 1958 for the welsh so they have that only given themselves a chance of going further in the themselves a chance of going further in the tournament. in the tournament. great stuff thank ou for in the tournament. great stuff thank you for that in the tournament. great stuff thank you for that summary. in the tournament. great stuff thank you for that summary. can in the tournament. great stuff thank you for that summary. can we - in the tournament. great stuff th ....
In the hall that day when qatar was chosen as the hosts and really you had 12 years of controversy building up had 12 years of controversy building up to this tournament. no surprise we should have so much political conversation, political issue to talk about on the second day of the tournament. just to that point there, the bravery of the iranian team, they will almost certainly face repercussions at home. to take the stand they did was really quite something and as alfie says, the juxtaposition of what happened in the end of the english, welsh team and netherlands when fifa said players will be booked if they were armbands and the fa saying it is a sporting sanction and it risk we are not prepared to take and it really ....