November 2022
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
- Opinion
- FIFA
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