World Cup organisers apologise as opening ceremony failure explained

World Cup organisers have apologised for the delay to the opening ceremony caused by a malfunctioning public address system in Newcastle. Ricky Wilson, frontman of silenced rock band The Kaiser Chiefs, tried to offer some alternative entertainment by sprinting up and down the touchline at St James' Park before the opening game in which England b

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