England and six other teams dropped plans to wear antidiscrimination armbands at the Qatar World Cup after FIFA threatened them with sanctions
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, England and Wales abandoned plans to wear rainbow armbands after FIFA threatened to sanction players for breaking tournament rules. In one of the early flashpoints of the tournament, FIFA on Sunday notified seven European teams that players would be subject to sporting sanctions, including automatic yellow cards, for wearing the “One Love” armbands, which were designed to send a message against discrimination. The target was widely understood to be anti-homosexuality laws in Qatar.
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