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An open media, unique football kits and an unpatriotic US president all in one week
Nigerian fans at Wembley last weekend

IT’S been an interesting week in sport for various reasons so where better to offer my take on what’s been happening than in these pages?

It’s best to start off with England’s media in the build up to the World Cup. Much has been made of their open access day on Tuesday, where all 23 players of Gareth Southgate’s squad were available.

It was unprecedented to see all the players talking freely and the journalists loved it.

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