England and Wales decide to not wear ‘OneLove’ armband at the World Cup after Fifa warning

The English Football Association has scrapped plans to support LGBTQ+ rights by wearing the ‘OneLove’ armband at the World Cup finals in Qatar over fears players who do wear it will receive yellow cards. The FA had said it had been prepared to accept monetary fines to allow players to wear the armband but changed its policy once Fifa threatened to replace the fines with yellow and potentially red cards.

In a joint statement with the Welsh FA and other European football associations, the English FA said: "FIFA has been very clear that it will impose sporting sanctions if our captains wear the armbands on the field of play. 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," the joint statement from the Footb