Japan have failed to take another step towards the World Cup knockout rounds after suffering a 1-0 defeat against Costa Rica in Group E.

The US men’s football team displays Iran’s national flag on social media without the emblem of the Islamic Republic ahead of the two nations' World Cup match on Tuesday, saying it supports "protesters" in Iran.

Anti-Israel sentiments are on the rise at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, with the occupying regime’s reporters saying an atmosphere of hostility and hatred is encouraging soccer fans to wave Palestinian flags in Qatari stadiums and causing them to refuse to speak to Israeli media.

Iranian government spokesman Ali Bahadori Jahromi has berated Canada for cancelling a friendly football match with Iran, saying it shows the influence of politics on sports in the West.

The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry has urged Canada not to use the World Cup friendly match against the national Iranian men's football team as a “political plaything.”

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi has voiced the country’s readiness to assist Qatar in holding the 2022 FIFA World Cup better and more magnificently.

The draw for the 2022 FIFA World Cup has been made in Doha, and Iran have joined England and the US in an interesting group, not just for footballing reasons.