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Stuart andrew, who says he will wear the rainbow coloured anti discrimination armband prohibited by fifa. my colleague lucy hockings has been speaking to our sports editor, dan roan. she began by asking about the impact of mr andrew wearing the armband. when he is at the stadium, maybe he will come into close quarters with gianni infantino, the fifa president. we have seen similar scenes of course last week when politicians from both germany and belgium wore that armband as well to try and make i think something of a point. stuart andrew is himself openly gay. he is a minister, and he says he is determined to do so. he thinks it was very unfair, he says, that those teams were told very late on that were the captains to wear that were the captains to wear that are banned, they would be hit with sing sporting sanctions, booked or even sent off perhaps by the referee in those matches, so that could provide a little bit of tension ....
Bellingham is starting, as| natalie pirks is there. jtc2 bellingham is starting, as are all of the players that played in a 6 2 win against iran, because gareth southgate doesn t want to change a winning formation. you can see them warming up behind me. harry maguire will pick up his 50th cap for england tonight. on the face of it, theirjob is fairly simple. a win get them through to the last 16, with a game to spare. what is not so simple is brushing aside this usa side. they are fast, powerful, motivated. six of their players play in the premier league, including their captain. so they know england s game well. england have also the small matter of having never beaten the usa at a world cup before. you might have heard earlier that away from the pitch the rainbow flag has been quite a talking point here. england and wales were threatened with sporting sanctions ijy threatened with sporting sanctions by fifa if they warm wore the armband with rainbow esque colours on it, fans have had ....
With japan said plenty. seven nations, including england and wales, had wanted their captains to wear these onelove armbands in qatar, a gesture of solidarity with the lgbtq+ community for a tournament held in a country where homosexuality is illegal. but the threat of sporting sanctions from football s world governing body saw them all back down near minutes before england kicked off against iran on monday. harry kane instead wore the fifa approved catch all no discrimination armband. and were all the squad included in discussions around that? i think as a squad we have all had conversations, we all stand for it, we all wanted harry to wear it but i think the decision got out of our hands as a squad and as players. i think it went higher up than that really. onelove did make it onto german arms today. the interior minister sported it in the stands whilst on social media, the germans sent another clear message. ....
Sometimes no words are needed to make the most powerful of statements. feeling silenced by fifa, germany s team photo before their match with japan said plenty. seven nations, including england and wales, had wanted their captains to war this onelove armband in qatar, a gesture of solidarity with the lgbtq+ community for a tournament held in a country where homosexuality is illegal. but the threat of sporting sanctions from football s world governing body saw them all back down just before england kicked off against iran on monday. harry kane instead wore the fifa approved catch all no discrimination armband. and were all the squad included in discussions around that? i think as a squad, we have all had conversations, we all stand for it, we all wanted harry to wear it but i think the decision got took out of our hands as a squad ....
Sporting sanctions are unprecedented. that raises questions about whether they are doing this to keep their hosts happy. fifa as an organisation, - they are supposed to support and understand the views of all different nations, . but at the minute i m only seeing - them kind of understand one nation s view, which is a little bit disappointing. - six germans sported rainbow colours on their boots today but it is this one gesture of silence that is proving to be golden. for germany, the strong message they set off the pitch did not quite translate to matters on it as they were humbled 2 1 by low ranked japan, another world cup shock, as jane dougal reports. this tournament has been overshadowed by many issues. but under the hot sun, germany had to let their football do the talking. no one knows more about them thanjapan. eight of their squad play for german clubs. just seven minutes in, they thought they had an advantage. looked as though he might be offside, though, maeda. but a clumsy ....