ARD audience for Germany’s World Cup opener dips below 10m as armband row continues

(Photo by Marvin Ibo Guengoer - GES Sportfoto/Getty Images)
(Photo by Marvin Ibo Guengoer - GES Sportfoto/Getty Images)
An average audience of 9.2 million people tuned into German broadcaster ARD’s coverage of the 2022 Fifa World Cup match between Germany and Japan amid new protests against Fifa’s ban on ‘OneLove’ armbands.

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