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England’s Harry Kane and Wales’ Gareth Bale were due to wear the OneLove armbands in Qatar before Saturday’s announcement.

Our daily rundown will be available through the tournament. Here is a taster to set the scene as the big kick-off looms

The president of France has said politics should be kept out of sport but his request is not only an insult but a semantic impossibility

A look at some of the unusual, innovative and less palatable features of the coming World Cup

The 4-0 home defeat in the Nations League has increased the pressure on the manager, but he retains the support of the FA

It was a Thursday, apparently…Thursday December 2, 2010. Just 12 years but a lifetime ago at the same time.

The wait is finally over as hosts Qatar take on Ecuador in the opening game of the World Cup on Sunday, but the all-important opening ceremony must take place first

The former Liverpool star wrote last week that England manager should move aside after the World Cup so he can go "on his own terms" but Teddy Sheringham has said that is unhelpful ahead of first game in Qatar

A full round-up of the latest World Cup headlines from Wales and beyond

Hundreds of supporters from across the globe have been controversially hired by the desert state to promote the World Cup

In his poem Die Lorelei, Heinrich Heine touched on the stillness of the Rhine in his portrait of the legendary mermaid who lured sailors to their doom on the rocks along the river. Just shy of 200 years after Heine's masterpiece, no siren songs have been required to attract footballers…