FA fan flames of rivalry

ORGANISERS of the EnglandFans football club have a match against Brazil supporters today in honour of former national team manager Graham Taylor at the Bedfont & Feltham ground.

But they are less than impressed that the FA have promoted on their website an England Supporters’ Club game against Germany, which is also being played today. EnglandFans’ tireless manager Garford Beck called the FA publicity for the rival attraction ‘provocative and divisive’.

The FA say they didn’t know about the EnglandFans game.

DOHA- BASED BeIN Sport have won a six-year contract to show Australian international cricket in the Middle East and North Africa — starting with the upcoming Ashes series. Like the Neymar transfer to Qatar-owned Paris Saint-Germain, the TV deal is seen as another flexing of financial muscle following Qatari isolation in the Gulf states blockade. Especially as the rights were captured from Dubai’s OSN, who are a big cricket network.