WHERE EAGLES DARE: As Xherdan Shaqiri sped away after scoring an extra-time winner that dealt a blow to Serbia’s hopes of reaching the last sixteen, he brought his palm together and formed the symbol of an eagle, just like his Switzerland teammate Granit Xhaka had done after his goal. The symbol was a reference to the two-headed eagle on the Albanian flag. For both Shaqiri and Xhaka, scoring against Serbia was an emotional moment. The duo’s actions had their share of detractors with many taking the cliched line that politics should be kept away from football. If there is anything Russia’s World Cup, and the build-up to it, has shown us, it is that politics and football will always go hand in hand. But Shaqiri and Xhaka drawing attention to their status as former refugees is significant, given the unfavourable light in which most countries view displaced people.(Photos | AP)