BBC Sport presenter and former England player AlexScott also addressed her decision to attend the Qatar WorldCup amid controversy over the country’s human rights record.
England captain Harry Kane was previously set to wear the colourful armband, which is part of a campaign “to promote inclusion and send a message against discrimination of any kind”, during the match, until a statement from the FA earlier today backtracked on the decision.
“FIFA has been very clear that it will impose sporting sanctions if our captains wear the armbands on the field of play,” their statement said. “As national federations, we can’t put our players in a position where they could face sporting sanctions, including bookings, so we have asked the captains not to attempt to wear the armbands in FIFA World Cup games.“We were prepared to pay fines that would normally apply to breaches of kit regulations and had a strong commitment to wearing the armband.
boss claimed that he could relate to gay people, disabled people and migrant workers because he had been bullied for having red hair as a child., Infantino embarked on a bizarre outburst, telling the gathered journalists: “Today I feel Qatari, today I feel Arabic, today I feel African. Today I feel gay. Today I feel disabled. Today I feel [like] a migrant worker.”
“You are not gay,” she said. “You’ll never understand travelling to a country where you are fearing for your life just because of your preference of who you choose to love.” “I’ve had conversations about, ‘I should be staying at home, I should be boycotting’ and I thought long and hard about it,” she said. “I think that for me personally would have been the easy option.”
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