As an England supporter, I’m by now well versed in the concept of the sore loser.But until Wednesday night, I’d not known that it was also possible to be a sore winner. How else to describe Argentina’s appalling behaviour once the referee had blown the final whistle?Witness Cristian Romero, Giovani Lo Celso and Lisandro Martinez, gleefully running around the pitch waving a banner that proclaimed ‘Las Malvinas son Argentinas’ (The Falklands belong to Argentina).If Romero (the captain of Tottenham), Lo Celso (ex-Tottenham) and Martinez (Manchester United) really wanted to prove a point, they could have done it much more powerfully – and articulately – by refusing to play for any English premiership clubs.Can you imagine how distasteful it would have been if the tables had turned and Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham had done something similar?Or if the England team had celebrated a win in the dressing room afterwards by excitedly chanting ‘one minute’s silence for Argentina, which is dead’, as the Argentinians did about England? (The footage is all over social media if you have the stomach for it).They simply wouldn’t have done it. And actually, I think it’s important to point that out and take comfort in this moral victory. Because despite the disappointment of yet another failed World Cup campaign, I think this England team has been pretty magnificent.Over the past five or so weeks, the team managed to turn on its head the narrative that most footballers are a bunch of overpaid drama kings who wouldn’t know real work if it came along and fouled them. England captain Harry Kane consoles Jude Bellingham after the team loses to Argentina in the World Cup semi-finalOf course, there were flashes of arrogance from Jude Bellingham, thwacking an annoying Argentinian player on the back of the head and ‘whatevering’ the manager with all the surliness of a teenager.But at 23, Bellingham’s not far off adolescence and, quite frankly, he’s earned the right to be a bit stroppy given how hard he’s worked. Indeed, if you want reminding of just how impressive our current crop is, and just how far we’ve come in the last 20 years, then I can highly recommend heading to iPlayer to watch England 2006: The Golden Generation.It’s a great fun documentary that will make you misty-eyed with nostalgia for the original WAGs, but one that will also remind you of the ridiculous circus that the England team used to be.Here was a team of unimaginable talent – David Beckham! Wayne Rooney! Steven Gerrard! Ashley Cole! – and yet they couldn’t get themselves past the quarter-finals because they cared more about their gigantic egos than they did the success of the country. But this lot – well, this lot are something different.Under pressure that most of us could never imagine, much less tolerate, they’ve shown up and battled on, knowing full well that the slightest slip-up or missed penalty could turn them into villains on a national scale.They handled the attention with humility and humour (see the pranks played on coach Thomas Tuchel in the dressing room or any other of the team’s excellent social media clips).They’ve played in stifling heat, suffocating humidity, not forgetting the vertiginous altitude of the Azteca stadium in Mexico City.A red card would have thrown many previous incarnations of the England team, but not those playing against Mexico that unforgettable night. After their victory, Argentina's Lisandro Martinez and Giovani Lo Celso waved a banner that proclaimed ‘Las Malvinas son Argentinas’ (the Falklands belong to Argentina)When he broke his arm, Jordan Henderson could easily have got on the first available flight home and enjoyed some much needed rest and recuperation on a nice relaxing holiday with his family.Instead, he chose to stay on and support his colleagues, because that’s the kind of England team we now have.My 13-year-old daughter sobbed for half an hour on Wednesday night, but like a generation of school kids, she’s been taught a valuable lesson by our heroic England team: that it’s better to lose with dignity than win with dirty tricks.After all, the only team that can lose a World Cup semi-final is one that has the courage to make it that far in the first place. Harper Beckham with her brother Romeo at the Spain vs France semi-final. The youngest Beckham wore a Spain jacket from Romeo's brand IntraNo guesses on who Harper's supporting on Sunday Can we all take a moment to appreciate the glamour of the Spanish kit at the World Cup? Ines de Ramon, the girlfriend of Brad Pitt, looked unbearably beautiful in one she’d fashioned into a crop top, while Rosalia and Penelope Cruz managed to make the humble football scarf look absolutely sensational in the stands. Then there’s Harper Beckham, who turned up to the semi-final wearing a Spain jacket from her brother Romeo’s brand Intra. I’ve got no idea who’s going to take home the World Cup on Sunday, but when it comes to the kit, Spain are the clear winners. What that BBC pay list really reveals It's the week the BBC publishes the details of its 50 biggest earners. Gary Lineker still pocketed a cool £329,999. But the thing I find most offensive is the amount of mediocre men on the list, out-earning incredible women. £409,999 for Vernon Kay anyone?Meanwhile, cricket presenter Rick Edwards is on the same amount as award-winning chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet, above, who is currently covering the crisis in Iran, while podcaster Matt Chorley earns more than Orla Guerin, who risks life and limb reporting from the Middle East.One for director general Matt Brittin to think about as he vows to reform the licence fee and ‘reinvent the BBC’. The BBC's chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet, who is currently covering the crisis in Iran, is earning the same amount as cricket presenter Rick Edwards, according to the corporation's pay listGeorgia Aldridge, from Essex, has been ordered to pay £213,000 in damages to designer labels after a court found she’d sold over 4,000 counterfeit luxury goods. Am I the only person who feels sorry for her? Most women I know have someone they can go to for a convincing Chanel dupe – it’s a must-have contact, alongside your doctor and dentist. Please sign me up for curfew Fresh from banning social media for under 16s, the Government has said it will give older teenagers the option of an overnight curfew on apps such as Instagram and TikTok, to improve focus and sleep quality. I doubt many 17 year olds will take up the offer – but as a 46 year old who spends way too much time scrolling, I’d sign up.Diet culture can't kill love of breadGod bless the UK! It’s surely the only place that would dream of commissioning a bread survey. In Cardiff, garlic bread is king, while in Leeds, it’s naan. Bristol loves sourdough, while Glasgow favours focaccia. After decades of watching miserable friends decline carbs at dinner because they’re worried about what it might do to their waistlines, I’m just delighted people are eating bread at all.