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Earthquake sparks excitement at England training camp
Shortly before the English national team’s first World Cup game, an earthquake caused excitement. The shocks were also felt in Thomas Tuchel’s team’s training camp in Florida. You can find out how strong the earthquake was and whether any damage was caused here.
Tickets withdrawn: Iran will probably have no fans of its own at the World Cup
The Iranian national team will probably have to do without the support of its own fans at the World Cup in the USA, which begins on Thursday. As the national football association announced on Tuesday, Iran’s allotted tickets for the group games were withdrawn at short notice by the United States. The process is one of a number of bureaucratic disputes between the USA and Iran surrounding the World Cup in recent days and months.
With the measure, the USA wants to “prevent the presence of Iranian fans in the stadiums,” said a statement from the Iranian Football Association. He pointed out that, according to FIFA rules, he would be allocated eight percent of the tickets for each game. According to the statement, after receiving its quotas, Iran had already started selling tickets for the group games against New Zealand, Belgium and Egypt – all of which are taking place in the United States.
Neuer starts training with the DFB team for the first time
Manuel Neuer was back on the pitch for the first time at the public training session in Winston-Salem. You can read here what impression the keeper made shortly before the start of the World Cup.
Entry denied: World Cup exit for Somali referee
He was supposed to be the first referee from Somalia to referee games at a World Cup – but nothing will come of it: after referee Omar Artan was refused entry into the USA, he will not be taking part in the tournament that begins next Thursday. A spokesman for the world football association Fifa confirmed this to the AFP news agency.