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The Iranian football team players on Monday refused to sing their national anthem before their opening match against England at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, in apparent solidarity with protesters back home The national team shows support for the anti-government protests taking place after Mahsa Amini's death, reported Al Jazeera. FIFA World Cup 2022: Iran lost the match to England by 6-2 in its opening match on Monday. As Iran's national anthem played at Khalifa International Stadium, television cameras showed the starting players standing stoically, but not singing. Iran lost the match to England, 6-2. Iran has headed into the tournament amid a backdrop of mass protests against the regime, following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody in September. The unrest in Iran began in September when a 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini, died while in the custody of the morality police. Protests have since spread across the nation, challenging the authority of the gover...

A lot has been said and written since India’s ten-wicket hammering by England in the T20 World Cup semi-final. India’s timid approach in back-to-back T20I World Cups has made one thing clear – this team is far away from winning an ICC tournament. It has been nine years since MS Dhoni’s team lifted the 2013 Champions Trophy. Since then, India went through a very conservative ‘experimental’ phase which lacked real experiments. The English brand of cricket has taken over the world. With a bit of luck and Ben Stokes, they are currently holders of the ODI and T20I World Cups. The question is do India really need to mimic the English way or should they just take a cue from the team that won the inaugural World T20 in 2007? Robin   Uthappa’s walk-down-the-park shot against Brett Lee,   Yusuf Pathan   starting his international career with a second ball six off Mohammad Asif,   Virender Sehwag   and   Gautam Gambhir ’s fearless approach in the Powerplay, who can fo...