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Keir Starmer intervened in row over Mexico-England kick-off time

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The prime minister and foreign secretary were involved in arguing for the kick-off time for England’s World Cup match against Mexico not to be moved earlier – as mooted by Fifa in the days before the game.

Sir Keir Starmer instructed officials to make the case, backed by the Football Association, that the match should remain in its original time slot.

Yvette Cooper spoke to the British Ambassador to Mexico, to ask that British diplomats in the country made representations against a change, to ensure that travelling England fans didn’t miss the match as a result.

Fifa had been set to bring the match forward by six hours, due to a forecast of thunderstorms.

In the end, Fifa stuck to the scheduled start time, but kick-off was then delayed by an hour because of the weather.


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