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Germany players covered their mouths during the team photograph before their World Cup opener against Japan amid the row with Fifa over the OneLove armband. _127754357_germanyteamphotogetty.jpg The gesture follows Fifa threatening players with a booking for wearing the OneLove armband during games in Qatar. The captains of seven European nations were set to wear it to promote diversity and inclusion. bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63729563 Meanwhile fans at Wales v USA match told to remove rainbow col…

Morocco 0 Croatia 0 Croatia, runners-up four years ago, started their World Cup campaign with a goalless draw against a well-drilled Morocco at Al Bayt Stadium. _127751822_674ac26131c5d5648adbd3d26e393ff59adc2470.jpg Only four players from their final defeat by France in 2018 started this game and they lacked an attacking spark throughout, but came closest through Nikola Vlasic's toe-poked effort. Morocco were impressive, but failed to create clear-cut opportunities.

Wednesday's games are Group E (13:00 GMT) Germany v Japan and (16:00 GMT) Spain v Costa Rica, and Group F (10:00 GMT) Morocco v Croatia and (19:00 GMT) Belgium v Canada ------------------------------------------------ Morocco are at their 6th tournament with a previous best reaching Round of 16 in 1986. Defender Nayef Aguerd has recovered from the ankle injury he picked up in pre-season, despite only making one West Ham appearance in the Premier League this season - as a substitute in the 2-0 lo…