in rochdale where he lived. a shooting outside a gay nightclub in the us state of colorado has killed five people and injured at least 18. a statement by the q club in colorado springs said it was devastated by what it called a hate attack. local police say the suspected gunman has been arrested and is being treated in hospital. 12 years in the making. and surrounded by controversy the qatar world cup begins this afternoon with organisers hoping attention turns to the football. as is traditional
gareth southgate and his side. he comes across as very genuine person and i d love for gareth to win. i m feeling all emotional now. because i think, you know, if we could do it, it would be the greatest thing for our country. our country needs something to cling onto, the way things are now. need a bit ofjoy in the world? we do, absolutely. after 12 years, today the football finally starts. fifa hopes the sport will now take centre stage, but the questions show no signs of going away. john watson, bbc news. asi as i mentioned, qataris feel hugely proud of what they have managed to achieve here. proud of the fact they are going to be the first muslim country in the middle east to be hosting a world cup. many of them say they are being unfairly
lots of football outside the territory, that may be tactically, when it comes to set pieces, they are a little bit naive. we will have to wait and see. ecuador have been to wait and see. ecuador have been to several world cups. but speaking to several world cups. but speaking to fans, the hope is qatar doesn t get embarrassed in the first game. the narrow loss or a draw could give their momentum with the crowd behind them for the rest of the tournament. we look forward to it, thank you very much indeed. the current world player of the year is the latest french star to be ruled of the world cup. karim benzema suffered a thigh injury in training and will miss the tournament. he won the 2022 balon d or after a great yearfor real madrid. but he follows paul pogba. n golo kante. christopher nkunku.. presnel kimpembe. .. in being ruled out for the defending champions. chelsea manager emma hayes is back on the touchline for their wsl game today against tottenham having recovered from an emerg
we are counting down just hours away now to the opening ceremony and the first match of this controversial football world cup between the hosts qatar and ecuador. after 12 years of criticisms, of controversy, of actual pride in this country around what they have managed to achieve, there is so much resting on what will happen tonight. the first world cup to be hosted in a muslim country in the middle east. the organisers are really hoping the focus will be on the football now, despite the controversy. travelling fans i have finally started to arrive. we have seen pictures of ecuadorian fans, the south americans here in force and they have brought their instruments and there has been of celebrating from them already. to be fair, overthe celebrating from them already. to be fair, over the past few days it has felt like the fans we have seen on the street have been locals and we
ineffable fans don t care about but football. people are seeing it as a chance football. people are seeing it as a chance to football. people are seeing it as a chance to improve. others are seeing it like chance to improve. others are seeing it like we chance to improve. others are seeing it like we are chance to improve. others are seeing it like we are football fans, we want it like we are football fans, we want to it like we are football fans, we want to talk about football. they all seem want to talk about football. they all seem to see it the criticisms, they all seem to see it the criticisms, they don t all seem to see it the criticisms, they don t want it to be in the airport they don t want it to be in the airport. one qatari actually told me that people say we have the money, let s show that people say we have the money, let s show them what we are capable of. actually, ithink let s show them what we are capable of. actually, i think they think this way,