At a glance

World Cup day 4: Germany 1 Japan 2, Spain 7 Costa Rica 0. Morocco 0 Croatia 0, Belgium 1 Canada 0.

Group E:

Group F:

the team photo to protest against Fifa following its decision to stop plans to wear armbands that were seen as protesting discrimination in host nation Qatar.

Nancy Faeser, Germany’s sports minister, attended the match at the Khalifa International Stadium and was sitting beside Fifa president Gianni Infantino while wearing the same ‘‘One Love’’ armband Fifa had outlawed.

It was only the third time Germany had lost their tournament-opening game after