Two-time Irish Freestyle Football champion Sam Madden tells BBC Sport about his journey from performing at children's birthday parties to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Madden, 26, spent three weeks showing off his skills at stadiums and fan zones at the World Cup after initially taking up the sport when he watched videos of Brazilian great Ronaldinho.

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Gianni Infantino was due to speak at 09:30. We're still waiting...

Following Fifa's decision to threaten players with a booking for wearing the OneLove armband, Germany players covered their mouths before their World Cup opener against Japan.

Germany manager Hansi Flick said the gesture was "to convey the message that Fifa is silencing" teams.

No disciplinary action was taken against Germany.

Germany and Chelsea forward Kai Havertz said making the gesture was "the right thing to do".

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England, Wales and other European nations did not wear the OneLove armband at the World Cup after players were threatened with sporting sanctions.

The captains, including England's Harry Kane and Gareth Bale of Wales, had planned to wear the armband during matches to promote diversity and inclusion.

A joint statement from seven football associations said they could not put their players "in a position where they could face sporting sanctions".

"We are very frustrated by the Fifa decision, which we believe is unprecedented," the statement read.

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Before the tournament, Fifa wrote to all 32 teams competing at the World Cup telling them to "now focus on the football" following a controversial build-up.

Host Qatar had been criticised for its stance on same-sex relationships, its human rights record and its treatment of migrant workers.

Fifa's letter urged that the football should not be "dragged" into ideological or political "battles" and it should not be "handing out moral lessons".

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In his last press conference, on the eve of the World Cup, Gianni Infantino accused the West of "hypocrisy" in its reporting about Qatar's human rights record.

In an extraordinary monologue at a news conference in Doha, Infantino spoke for nearly an hour and made a passionate defence of Qatar and the tournament.

"Today I have strong feelings. Today I feel Qatari, I feel Arab, I feel African, I feel gay, I feel disabled, I feel a migrant worker," he said.

You can read more about that press conference here

Fifa president Gianni Infantino will be speaking to the media soon.

His last news conference became something of a talking point during this World Cup.

Let's have a quick recap of what he said...

Morocco

More from Morocco head coach Walid Regragui, who is asked about the third place play-off as a whole: "It is a little bit difficult. It is very complicated for both teams. You are so disappointed, you have just lost a semi-final and then two days later you have to go back out there.

"I'm sorry, I don't know. It is like the booby-prize. I'm sorry for speaking like this. I understand it should be important, I understand it is better to finish third than fourth, but, for me, my takeaway is just that we didn't get to the final.

"Even if we did get to the final, and I finished second, I would be saying the same thing to you.

"We want to be as positive as possible, especially for our fans. Finishing third would be great for our image."

Samindra Kunti
Football Writer, Qatar

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Morocco's trailblazing run to the semi-finals will inspire the continent's teams to dare to dream of reaching the World Cup final in the future, says former Nigeria great Sunday Oliseh.

On Wednesday, Morocco became the first African side to feature in the World Cup semi-finals, where the Atlas Lions suffereda hard-fought 2-0 defeatat the hands of defending champions France.

Despite the loss, Oliseh believes their unprecedented success will empower other African nations to follow in their footsteps with the World Cup expanding to 48 teams in 2026.

"The essence of having records is to push people to break them," Oliseh told BBC Sport Africa.

"So if your record has only been the quarter-final, the aim will be to get to the semi-final. The new ambition is now no longer just the semi-final, the ambition now is getting to the final."

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Morocco
Morocco

More from Morocco head coach Walid Regragui, who has been asked to expand on comments that he would use players that hadn't featured as much in the third-place play-off: "We lost our captain, Romain Saiss, during the game. We took a risk with him, but it was a risk worth taking. We wanted to go out to battle with him leading our battalion.

"He is injured and we have some other injured players too, and we'll check how they are today.

"We really, really pushed our players to their limits, but they still want to go out tomorrow and play again. But, we won't be taking any risks with any of our players tomorrow.

"Romain Saiss is out. However, I am confident, and I trust our group, and I know we'll be able to give it our all tomorrow."

Morocco
Morocco

Morocco head coach Walid Regragui was asked about that protest during his pre-match news conference.

"All is fair in love and war, our FA wanted to put forward the complaint, I feel they were right in doing so but that doesn't change anything for us," he said.

"We should have had a penalty and Sofiane should not have had that yellow card. It is not the end of the road for us, we are still playing for the third place, even the best nations would be playing for third place."

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Morocco's football federation (FMRF) has protested to world governing body Fifa about the refereeing during Wednesday's World Cup semi-final defeat by defending champions France in Qatar.

The FMRF is unhappy that Mexican referee Cesar Ramos failed to award a penalty in the first half to the North Africans when Theo Hernandez made contact with Sofiane Boufal in the area.

Instead of awarding a spot-kick, which several neutrals felt was appropriate, Ramos instead booked winger Boufal for a foul.

The Moroccans were also unhappy that the hauling down of substitute Selim Amallah as he awaited the delivery of a set-piece also failed to prompt another look from officials.

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Morocco fan Sammy says he feels his side were let down by the referee in the semi-final against France.

"I’m very disappointed because we can see the referee misrepresented the journey, he told BBC Radio 5 Live.

"He didn’t give us two penalties. We were looking to be in the final."

Morocco
Morocco

More from Morocco head coach Walid Regragui, who is asked how he will motivate this side for the third-place play-off: "I don't really need to motivate my team. We are at a World Cup and we are representing Morocco. Every game is important, even friendlies, for our supporters. We want to win those too.

"The objective tomorrow is to get that third place because we want to push as far as we can go. We want to up our Fifa ranking. If we finish third in the world we'll be able to hike up our Fifa ranking.

"We know the next African team, that come against Morocco, will know that we can give them a run for our money. Not oly because did we get to the semi-finals, but we also managed to get our hands on that third place.

"We want to show what we're made of and also pave a way for a better future for Moroccan football. It will be extraordinary if we finish third in a World Cup."