Last updated on .From the section World Cup Eric Dier was one of three England players to wear the socks, which have white dots around the ankles The FA has been fined 70,000 Swiss francs (£50,000) after Dele Alli, Eric Dier and Raheem Sterling wore "unauthorised" socks at the World Cup. The players wore branded ankle support socks over official Nike socks, ignoring a Fifa warning to stop. Fifa said the FA's fine was for "breaching media and marketing regulations and the Fifa equipment regulations". The fine followed England's quarter-final win over Sweden. Fifa said several England players "continued to display unauthorised commercial branding on playing equipment items before and during the quarter-final match between Sweden and England". The Swedish FA has also been punished with the same fine for a similar sock offence earlier in the tournament. That makes it the joint second highest fine at the World Cup behind Argentina's 105,000 Swiss franc (£80,000) punishment after their fans threw objects and chanted homophobic abuse.<doc-sep>The Football Association is set to launch an appeal after Fifa fined it more than £50,000 because three England players have been wearing unauthorised socks at Russia 2018. Dele Alli, Eric Dier and Raheem Sterling have been wearing the Devon-made Trusox over their official Nike socks and have ignored a Fifa warning to stop doing so. In a statement published on its website four-and-a-half hours before England's World Cup semi-final against Croatia, Fifa said it was fining the FA 70,000 Swiss francs for "breaching media and marketing regulations and the FIFA equipment regulations". England's route to the World Cup semi-finals Show all 6 1 /6 England's route to the World Cup semi-finals England's route to the World Cup semi-finals England's route to the World Cup semi-finals Here we take a look at the route that has taken Gareth Southgate's side to the last four. Getty Images England's route to the World Cup semi-finals Tunisia 1 England 2 - Group G, Volgograd, June 18 A Harry Kane double got England off to a winning start, although they needed an injury-time winner from the Tottenham front man. A strong start from England was rewarded by Kane's close-range finish from a corner after only 11 minutes, but Kyle Walker's handball gifted Ferjani Sassi the chance to equalise from the spot before half-time. England probed without success for the second 45 minutes until, a minute into added-time, Kane's far post header following another corner sealed victory. Getty Images England's route to the World Cup semi-finals England 6 Panama 1 - Group G, Nizhny Novgorod, June 24 Southgate's side turned on the style against the ill-disciplined minnows, who were 5-0 down by half-time. Panama could not live with England's strength at set-pieces, which led to John Stones heading the opener and Kane adding number two with a penalty. Jesse Lingard curled in the best of the bunch for number three before another Stones header and another Kane penalty put England in dreamland. Kane completed his hat-trick with a deflection he knew nothing about before Felipe Baloy's late consolation. Getty Images England's route to the World Cup semi-finals England 0 Belgium 1 - Group G, Kaliningrad, June 28 Both sides fielded second-string sides, having already qualified for the knockout stages and in the knowledge that finishing second in the group was likely to offer a more favourable route to the final. Adnan Januzaj's brilliant solo goal won the match for Belgium. Getty Images England's route to the World Cup semi-finals Colombia 1 England 1 (England won 4-3 on penalties) - Last 16, Moscow, July 3 England won a World Cup penalty shootout for the first time as Jordan Pickford's save from Carlos Bacca and Eric Dier's cool spot-kick sealed a dramatic victory. Colombia, without star man James Rodriguez through injury, adopted rough-house tactics but Southgate's side kept their cool and went ahead through a second-half Kane penalty. They then recovered from conceding a last-gasp equaliser to Yerry Mina, and from Jordan Henderson missing first in the shootout, to win their first knockout game at a major tournament in 12 years. FIFA via Getty Images England's route to the World Cup semi-finals Sweden 0 England 2 - Quarter-finals, Samara, July 7 Southgate's side turned in their best performance of the tournament to see off a team who had kept three clean sheets in four games and contributed to Germany's early elimination. Harry Maguire's thumping first-half header got England up and running, with Dele Alli nodding home the second, but Pickford was again the star of the show with a couple of quite brilliant saves. Getty It added: "Fifa had previously requested the Football Association to cease the activity that led to the sanction. "In particular, several members of the English national team continued to display unauthorised commercial branding on playing equipment items before and during the quarter-final match between Sweden and England." Dier is one of the players who have been wearing the socks (Getty Images) This brings the total number of players to be sanctioned for wearing the non-slip sports socks during the game in Samara to four, as Sweden's Andreas Granqvist has already been punished. It is understood the FA is likely to appeal against the severity of fine.<doc-sep>A pair of socks worn by England’s World Cup heroes has landed the Football Association a £53,211 fine from Fifa. The FA was punished after “several members” of Gareth Southgate’s squad defied orders to stop wearing the British-made TRUsox at the tournament. Raheem Sterling, Dele Alli and Eric Dier have all been pictured in the product during England’s run to the semi-finals. Luis Suarez and Gareth Bale also use TRUsox, which feature non-slip pads and are designed to be worn on top of regular football socks to stop players’ feet moving around in their boots. Fifa’s crackdown on the socks is being seen against the background of its commercial deal with Adidas, which is one of the governing body’s biggest sponsors.<doc-sep>
The Football Association have been fined more than £50,000 because three England players have been unauthorised socks at Russia 2018 in breach of FIFA rules. Dele Alli, Eric Dier and Raheem Sterling have been wearing the distinctively-patterned, Devon-made Trusox over their official Nike socks and have ignored a FIFA warning to stop doing so. In a disciplinary update published on its website four ahead of England's World Cup semi-final against Croatia, FIFA said it was fining the FA 70,000 Swiss francs for "breaching media and marketing regulations and the FIFA equipment regulations". It added: "FIFA had previously requested the Football Association to cease the activity that led to the sanction. In particular, several members of the English national team continued to display unauthorised commercial branding on playing equipment items before and during the quarterfinal match between Sweden and England." This brings the total number of players to be sanctioned for wearing the non-slip sports socks during the game in Samara to four, with Sweden's Andreas Granqvist already punished for the offence. 1:22 Jamie Carragher believes England are now playing like a Dier is listed among several footballers on the Trusox website, with Gareth Bale and Alexis Sanchez also wearing the new brand, while England cricketers Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler and Joe Root and England rugby players Danny Cipriani and Owen Farrell wear them, too. In the same disciplinary update, FIFA announced it was also fining Uruguay's FA almost £40,000 for arriving late to a stadium and because one player has breached its equipment rules. The player is not named but Luis Suarez is known to be another Trusox wearer. Under pressure from official sponsors, FIFA has been quick to dish out fines for unauthorised items, including a £50,000 sanction for the Croatian FA when it promoted beer other than Budweiser.