No10 backed calls for an inquiry into the politicising of the match, swiping: 'The World Cup might not be ours, but the Falkland Islands definitely are.'

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The PM's spokesman insisted the Falkland Islands' sovereignty is not up for grabs after an Argentinian minister branded the UK an 'occupying power'.