The start of the tournament in Qatar has been dominated by a row over a rainbow-coloured armband.

Lawyers for seven European teams are understood to be looking at the regulations to examine the sanctions the associations were threatened with.

The OneLove group are looking at their legal options over the Fifa decision to block them wearing the rainbow-coloured bands

The German national team players made the gesture as they prepared for kick-off in their opening match against Japan at the Khalifa Stadium

Infantino has called on the 32 competing World Cup nations to focus on football rather than political matters

Same-sex relationships are criminalised in the Gulf state.