I love football but I love the respect for human rights more….

Hats off to the Iran team which declined to sing their national anthem before their World Cup match with England in an expression of support for anti-government protests in their home country.

"Some fans shouted and jeered during the anthem and others held up signs saying "Woman, Life, Freedom".

Human rights activists have said more than 400 protesters have been killed and 16,800 others arrested in a crackdown by Iran's security forces."

And hats off to Germany which blasted FIFA for restricting human rights protests in Qatar....