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November 2022

Gareth Bale celebrates his penalty in Doha.

Here’s what happened in the World Cup overnight

England opened Group B play at the World Cup on Monday with a 6-2 thrashing of Iran in Doha; Netherlands beat Senegal 2-0; and Wales drew 1-1 with the US.

October 2019

There is a strong argument the governing body should have acted far sooner in putting pressure on Iran to change its access rules.

Fifa must keep pushing for female fans in Iran

Given that Iran's highest clerics had spent 38 years imposing a blanket ban on women attending football matches, they were never likely to disavow all remnants of the past in the space of a single World Cup qualifier.

  • Oliver Brown column

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