Nervous tension as spectre of England being pulled out of 2018 World Cup looms
March 13 – When British foreign secretary Boris Johnson first raised the notion of England boycotting this summer’s World Cup in protest at what has been dubbed spy-gate, he was roundly condemned and his office was quick to issue a clarification saying he meant officials and politicians rather than the team itself.
But prime minister Theresa May’s confirmation that a military-grade nerve agent of a type developed solely by Russia was used to poison a former double agent on British soil has raised the stakes and thrown World Cup participation back into the mix in terms of how Britain will respond.
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