⚽ “We are very frustrated by the FIFA decision which we believe is unprecedented.' The captains of seven European teams at the 2022 World Cup will not wear “OneLove” armbands during matches in Qatar after FIFA threatened to hand out yellow cards.
The organization had different armbands planned out for each round of the World Cup. It was previously set to unveil a “No Discrimination” armband during the quarterfinals, but it has now allowed for teams to use that one throughout the tournament.
“I think we've made it clear as a team, as a staff and an organization that we want to wear the armband,” he said Sunday. “I know the FA are talking to FIFA at the moment and I'm sure by game time tomorrow we'll have the decision. I think we've made it clear we want to wear it.” Gurchaten Sandhu, of the Geneva-based International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, said that FIFA put “athletes in a very, very awkward” position.It wasn’t immediately clear what, if any, influence Qatar’s autocratic government had on the armband decision and the Qatari government's Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, which oversees the World Cup, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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