Iranian Players and Fans Made a Bold Statement Against Their Country’s Government at the 2022 World Cup

England’s comfortable second round victory over Senegal last night was watched by a peak of nearly 20M viewers on ITV, becoming the most-viewed of the Qatar World Cup 2022 tournament so far in the UK.

Josip Juranovic says the first thing he will do is shake Daizen Maeda 's hand when he reunites with him in Qatar on Monday - but after that it's going to get "aggressive."

The United States fell behind early in their second-round clash with the Netherlands on Saturday at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar and was unable to work its way back despite having its share of chances, losing 3-1 to end its run at the tournament.

Daizen Maeda will be joining three Celtic teammates in the last 16 of the World Cup after Japan's stunning win over Spain - as every Parkhead star selected progresses from the group stage.

The U.S. advanced to the knockout stage of the 2022 World Cup on Tuesday after a 1-0 victory over Iran, which drew an impressive average of 12M viewers on Fox.

England’s emphatic 3-0 victory over local rival Wales in the Qatar World Cup was seen by a peak UK audience of 18.7M.

USA head coach Gregg Berhalter ripped a page right out the Ange Postecoglou Celtic playbook when it came to Cameron Carter-Vickers' involvement in a crucial Qatar 2022 win over Iran.

The U.S. beat Iran 1-0 in a gutsy must-win game at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar on Tuesday, helping the team qualify for the second round of the tournament where it will face The Netherlands in a knockout-stage game this weekend.Christian Pulisic made the difference today with a charging goal in the 38th minute of a dominant first half for the Americans at Al Thumama Stadium in Doha. It was the 22nd U.S. goal for the Chelsea striker, though he was injured during the play and was subbed out at halftime.

Wales take on England in the final round of fixtures in Group B tonight, knowing that even a victory against their border rivals may not be enough to see them progress to the last 16.

A protester made it onto the field during the World Cup match between Portugal and Uruguay today, but you might not know it if you weren’t on the field yourself. TV footage of the moment, which came in the match’s 51st minute, was almost nonexistant, with the protester running through the bottom left hand corner of the screen in a split-second and the referee then stooping to pick up the rainbow flag the he had been carrying.

The United States went head-to-head with England on Friday in a historic World Cup match that drew 15.4M viewers for Fox.

Despite being plagued by injuries that knocked out some key players in past weeks, France entered the World Cup with a bang on Tuesday — and scored a ratings victory for TF1 at the same time. At home, an average 12.53 million viewers tuned in from 8 PM local time to watch Les Bleus defeat Australia’s Socceroos 4-1. 

The United States began its 2022 World Cup campaign on Monday against Wales, scoring nearly 12M viewers across Fox and Telemundo.

, multiple European teams have walked back plans to wear rainbow armbands during the global soccer competition.The teams representing England, Wales, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Switzerland, and the Netherlands announced that they would no longer wear the OneLove armbands for “diversity and inclusion” shortly before their campaigns were scheduled to start on Monday, per . The gesture, small as it may seem, speaks volumes in Qatar, which has  since it was chosen to host the back in 2010, due to its harsh criminalization of homosexuality and mass exploitation of migrant workers. Although the teams said that they would be willing to accept a fine, FIFA told them just hours beforehand that any player wearing an armband would receive a yellow card, per .

, hosted by Qatar, has spawned countless controversies already, many of which have nothing to do with and everything to do with Qatar's human rights record. But despite protests and performance boycotts from the likes of , the tournament has continued on. And with the World Cup, comes a World Cup anthem.This year's song is a collaboration between Nicki Minaj, Colombian singer Maluma (who starred in ), and the Lebanese actor and singer Myriam Fares.

England’s fiery World Cup opener against Iran, which ended 6-2, was watched by a peak of 8M viewers yesterday lunchtime in the UK. The peak was similar to that of host Qatar’s opener with Ecuador.