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Summary

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  • RESULT: Qatar 0-2 Ecuador - Enner Valencia scores twice and has one ruled out by VAR

  • England and Wales start their campaigns on Monday

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Live Reporting

Emlyn Begley

  1. The opening ceremony has properly started in the stadium now. Camels and people dancing right now.

  2. Morgan Freeman is doing a voiceover of a video with a whale shark. Which I've just discovered is a thing.

  3. The opening ceremony is about to start. Let's see what's going on.

    Oh by the way, you can watch this at the top of this page.

  4. Excitement building

    Qatar v Ecuador (16:00 GMT)

    Shamoon Hafez
    ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Sport at Al Bayt Stadium

    The 60,000-capacity Al Bayt is starting to fill up as we approach kick-off in the first game of the 2022 World Cup.

    It's a sea of black and white for the majority of it, local Arab men and women dressed in their traditional thobes and abayas.

    But in one corner of the stadium we see the travelling Ecuador supporters, who have been in fine voice.

  5. Rest assured our team on the ground will bring you the latest from any more off-field issues in Qatar.

    ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Analysis editor Ros Atkins looks at the controversies around the Qatar World Cup

    But for now we'll focus on the opening ceremony which starts in five minutes.

  6. It's time

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    There has been so much controversy about the Qatar World Cup - issues about corruption, gay rights, migrant worker deaths, human rights and even about beer...

    But now the tournament is here and it's time for the opening ceremony followed by Qatar v Ecuador in the first game of the 2022 Fifa World Cup.