Lionel Messi's World Cup role was thrown into doubt by injury, but Argentina quell fears by appointing him captain.
Iran ambassador hits out at ‘country to the north’ in US World Cup visa rowIran’s football team still lacks US visas and is not competing on ‘equal terms’, Tehran’s envoy to Mexico says.
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