{"id":12703,"date":"2022-09-23T09:36:30","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T09:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=12703"},"modified":"2022-09-23T09:36:30","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T09:36:30","slug":"fifa-under-pressure-to-sanction-rainbow-armbands-during-2022-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/fifa-under-pressure-to-sanction-rainbow-armbands-during-2022-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA Under Pressure To Sanction Rainbow Armbands During 2022 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/onelove-captains-armband-revealed-ahead-of-qatar-2022.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;#OneLOVE&quot; Captains Armband revealed ahead of Qatar 2022\" title=\"FIFA Under Pressure To Sanction Rainbow Armbands During 2022 World Cup\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12705\" \/><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Multiple countries are pushing for their captains to wear rainbow bands<\/li>\n<li>Rainbow bands will be a show of support of #ONELOVE during the World Cup<\/li>\n<li>Qatar \u2013 the host nation considers same sex love as a criminal offense <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/2022-fifa-world-cup-set-to-kick-start-one-day-earlier-on-november-20\">2022 FIFA World Cup is set to take place in Qatar from 20 Nov<\/a> to 18 Dec when a total of 32 countries will take part. <\/p>\n<p>While all of the teams are busy practicing and preparing for the football extravaganza, there is some drama taking place on the sidelines. <\/p>\n<p>Multiple countries are pushing for their <strong>captains to wear rainbow colored armbands in support of #ONELOVE<\/strong>. The rainbow armband is an <strong>open show of support for the homosexual community<\/strong> and is thought to be a statement of <strong>supporting anti-discrimination against the global homosexual community<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<h2>FIFA Under Pressure To Approve #ONELOVE armband <\/h2>\n<p>So far 10 countries have come forward and supported the move for their captains to wear the #ONELOVE armband. Some of the countries that have supported the initiative includes France, England, Germany and Wales with English captain <strong>Harry Kane<\/strong> showing his support for #ONELOVE during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/sports-betting\/football\">UEFA nations league matches<\/a> as the armband has been approved by UEFA.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"887\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jPld_rfTOzE\" title=\"England &#038; Wales unite with European countries to fight discrimination\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jPld_rfTOzE?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch team have been strong supporters of #ONELOVE even before Euro 2020 commenced. England have already sent in a request to FIFA asking them for permission for Kane to wear the #ONELOVE armband during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. However, <strong>FIFA is yet to respond and grant its approval to England or any of the other countries<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Qatar Considers Same Sex Love As A Criminal Act<\/h2>\n<p>Qatar is one of the many Islamic countries in the Middle East and has a strict stance towards homosexuals and same sex love. This is the main reason why FIFA has not easily granted approval of the #ONELOVE armband as same sex liaisons are a criminal act in Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA is now under a lot of pressure to get the approval from Qatar and sanction the #ONELOVE armbands for the World Cup. Qatar signed a memorandum of understanding in 2018 with FIFA and there was no clause for any #ONELOVE armbands. If Qatar bans the use of the #ONELOVE armbands, it could create a huge controversy ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/sports-betting\/soccer\/fifa-world-cup\">2022 World Cup<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary Multiple countries are pushing for their captains to wear rainbow bands Rainbow bands will be a show of support of #ONELOVE during the World Cup Qatar \u2013 the host nation considers same sex love as a criminal offense The 2022 FIFA World Cup is set to take place in Qatar from 20 Nov to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","category-uk"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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