snell is following all of this for us. patrick, it s over for brazil. i thought nemar was going all the way. i hadn t forgiven croatia for beating my sweetheart team japan. talk about what was happening and what s happening right now. oh, bianna, yes. a dramatic day at the fifa world cup. heartbreak for brazil right now, but i want to get viewers updated on the very latest. another enthralling match taking place. argentina, lionel messi and argentina, currently 2-1 up against the netherlands. i m glancing at the game as we speak. lionel messi with a penalty, but just getting one back for the netherlands giving them real earlier, heartbreak as you said for the brazilians against croatia. what a story croatia is. a population of just 4 million people. since they competed in their first ever world cup, at france
have been waiting for the travelling fans to arrive and here they are. that match taking place in a few hours time. the stadium is like an arabic home and the qataris are promising a big celebration and a big performance tonight. lots of expectation the host team will do well. it has been incredibly hard to get away from the controversy, particularly after the press conference we saw yesterday from gianni infantino, that is still being talked about. with the latest, he is john being talked about. with the latest, he isjohn watson. after years of continued controversy, today the first world cup in the middle east finally begins in qatar. a largely desert state with little footballing history. all eight world cup venues sit in and around the capital, doha. the al bayt stadium to the north will stage today s opening match between the hosts and ecuador. 32 nations are competing for football s biggest prize, and it all leads here, the lusail stadium, the venue for the final in 29 days tim
yesterday but they re still second behind australia, scotland stay seventh with two golds. wales are still tenth and northern ireland have dropped a place to 16th. barry clemence will be hoping to add to their tally in the pool today. some sport has happened that mac started today already, the lawn bowls at leamington spa and this is a gold medal match taking place, wales against england at victoria park and i think england have got the upper hand at the moment in that, 6-1 the upper hand at the moment in that, 6 1 but early doors in that after the ninth end. sorry, wales are ahead, i do apologise, wales are ahead, my eyes are failing me there.