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Tube passengers will be kept up to date with the World Cup via a live results service on the platform.

The latest results and scorers will scroll across the screen in a 130-character message carried on the dot matrix boards as well as on service update boards on station concourses.

Transport for London has signed a £100,000 deal with football website ESPNFC to provide the updates.

Although the train boards supplied a London 2012 results service, it is the first time that a company’s name has featured on the boards.

Starting on Thursday, the updates will appear at more than 140 stations including the entire Central, Northern, Bakerloo and Jubilee lines and on 400 service update boards.

Launching the service at Southwark station today, ESPNFC commentator and former England winger John Barnes said: “There will be plenty of people who have to travel while matches are being played, or may have missed the results from matches the night before. There are often debates about the use of technology in football, but I think everyone will agree this is a good one.”

Mike Brown, managing director of London Underground and Rail, said: “This is a great way to keep our passengers up to date on the football. It also generates a bit of money to allow us to keep investing in further improvements to the Tube network.”