World Cup 2022: Ticketing app issues mean hundreds of fans miss start of England v Iran

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Empty seats astatine  the Khalifa International StadiumThere were bare seats astir the Khalifa International Stadium astatine kick-off
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Hundreds of fans missed the commencement of England's opening lucifer against Iran astatine the World Cup owed to an contented with Fifa's ticketing app.

The lucifer astatine the Khalifa International Stadium successful Doha was the 2nd of the tournament.

And astatine footwear disconnected astatine 13:00 GMT connected Monday immoderate fans were stuck extracurricular with Fifa saying determination were issues with the app.

There were ample queues astatine ticketing centres astir the stadium arsenic fans attempted to summation access.

England took the genu earlier kick-off and England skipper Harry Kane wore Fifa's No Discrimination armband, aft the shot associations of 7 European nations chose not to deterioration the OneLove armband due to the fact that of the menace of players being booked.

The Iran nationalist anthem was wide jeered successful the stadium, with the country's players refusing to sing.

Human rights activists person said much than 400 anti-government protesters person been killed successful Iran and 16,800 others arrested successful a crackdown by information forces successful caller months.

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