Harry Kane looks to create history and end England’s World Cup drought

England footballers will be taking a knee ahead of their World Cup 2022 opener against Iran tonight but it is still not certain whether their skipper Harry Kane will be able to wear the “OneLove” rainbow captain’s armband. Captains of the nine participating countries had initially decided to wear the “OneLove” armband in order to promote inclusiveness and show support for LGBTQ+ rights. However, speculations are now rife that wearing such armbands will force match officials to caution the captains and even brandish a yellow card.

The Football Association (FA) has already formulated plans to drop the move. “We have been clear that we want to wear the armband. It is important to us, but equally, we need to work through all the discussions right now and see where we end up…. Normally, in this kind of situation, there would be a fine and we have said we would be prepared to pay that because we think it's important to show our support for inclusion. If the sporting sanction threat is real then we need to look at that, step back and work out if there is another way in which we can show our values,” FA Chief executive Mark Bullingham told BBC during an interview on Monday.