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  1. Abde Ezzalzouli playing for Morocco

  2. A presenter in a stylised image opens his eyes wide, whistle in mouth, while holding up a red card and a mug with the Wrld Cup trophy on it. Over his left should is an image of Italian referee Pierluigi Collina with his eyes bulging and at the top is a block of text which says "Penal-tea? World Cup rules and other new things", with stopwatch, red and yellow card emojis

  3. Morocco lose Ezzalzouli and Aguerd from World Cup squad

    Dangerous winger Abde Ezzalzouli was injured in Sunday's friendly against NorwaySNS

    Real Betis winger Abde Ezzalzouli was injured in Sunday's friendly against Norway

    Morocco, Scotland's second Group C opponents, have had to make two late changes to their World Cup squad.

    The 2022 semi-finalists have replaced experienced central defender Nayef Aguerd and left winger Abde Ezzalzouli with Marwane Saadane and Amine Sbai before their opener against Brazil on Saturday.

    Ezzalzouli went off at half-time in Sunday's 1-1 warm-up draw with Norway after a collision with a team-mate.

    The 24-year-old Real Betis star scored 15 goals and provided 13 assists for the Seville club this season.

    Former West Ham centre-back Aguerd, 30, has missed the past three months of action with Marseille because of a groin problem.

    Sbai, capped once, is a 23-year-old winger with French club Angers, while Saadane, 34, plays in Saudi Arabia for Al Fateh.

    Noussair Mazraoui was forced off with a shoulder knock against Norway but the Manchester United defender is expected to be fit to face Brazil in New Jersey.

  4. A man in a top looks on after arriving at O.R. Tambo International Airport as Nigeria repatriates some of its citizens from South Africa

  5. A man in a military uniform stands in a crater, surrounded by sand. His right hand rests on the fin of a downed drone which says "do not touch".

  6. Omar Artan refereeing a match, with earpiece and microphone, and a Fifa badge on his light green shirt

  7. Virgil van Dijk of the Netherlands dribbles with the ball during the international friendly match between Netherlands and Algeria

  8. Omar Artan

  9. James sits on his bag amid high temperatures as he is interviewed while holding his football. He has a large sunhat on with a red T-shirt and shorts. He is unshaven. Grassland can be seen behind him and a blue, cloudless sky.

  10. Referee Omar Artan returning to Somalia and being given flowers

  11. Ronwen Williams, wearing a red South Africa goalkeeping jersey and a blue glove on his right hand, leans forwards into shot from the right-hand side of the image and points with his index finger and arm extended as he looks ahead

  12. Referee Omar Artan

  13. Omar Artan surrounded by people

  14. Forensics team in white PPE suits, masks and blue gloves on the scene where there are police. there is rubbish on the floor and in the background there is police tape in front of some huts

  15. Omar Artan, who has a light blue Somali flag wrapped around his shoulders and is holding a bunch of bright red flowers, is ushered through a packed crowd of people at Mogadishu Airport by a smiling man in a suit who has a white cap on his head bearing a photo of Artan. Various cameras and phones can be seen held up to record proceedings while a lady in a pink headscarf, sunglasses and white Artan cap reaches forward to hand Artan a picture of himself

  16. A colourful composite graphic shows on the left Asamoah Gyan in red and yellow Ghana kit holding his hands to his head in shock, the Fifa World Cup trophy with a spiky green eight-pointed star radiating from behind it, and on the right-hand side a picture of Cameroon striker Roger Milla dancing in front of a corner flag in celebration. The whole image is treated with a vintage filter

  17. Omar Artan, wearing a blue referee's top bearing a badge reading 'Fifa Referee 2025' looks towards the camera while he is officiating a football match

  18. A group of protesters - one in a red top clearly seen at the front - hold their arms in the air as they face a policeman in camouflage uniform.

  19. Francisca Arhinful, Jemimah Mensah and Fadila Issah, lined up together and smiling broadly. They are standing outside Cambridge University's Faculty of Education.

  20. People standing in a queue on some grass. Some are carrying backs on their backs and wearing hats.

  21. Omar Artan refereeing a match

  22. Ricardo Kaka

  23. Omar Artan

  24. Rigathi Gachagua sitting in a car in a suit (archive image)