Longtime soccer journalist Grant Wahl died today while covering the World Cup in Qatar. Details surrounding Wahl’s death are unclear.
Qatar World Cup: Protests & Non-Protests Loom Large Over England Vs Iran As FIFA Quashes LGBTQ+ Armband
21.11.2022 - 14:47 / deadline.com
The possibility of protest and non-protests are looming large over the England vs Iran World Cup match this afternoon (5 a.m. PST).
All eyes will be trained on the Iranian football team during the country’s pre-game national anthem as protests rage back home sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in custody last September.
Footballer Ehsan Hajsafi yesterday became the first member of Iran’s national team to speak out from the World Cup in Doha in apparent support of anti-government protests at home. “They should know that we are with them. And we support them. And we sympathize with them regarding the conditions,” the AEK Athens player told a news conference.
In the past few days, Iran captain Alireza Jahanbakhsh refused to confirm whether his team will sing the national anthem. “You’re asking about national anthem – that’s something that also has to be decided about in the team, which we already talked about and obviously everybody’s talking about,” he told a press conference on Wednesday.
The game comes following the arrest of two prominent Iranian actresses, Hengameh Ghaziani and Katayoun Riahi, according to multiple reports citing state media this morning.
The public protests sparked by Amini’s death show no signs of abating as they enter their 10th week. There were protests in several cities across Iran this weekend in spite of a harsh crackdown by security forces.
Armbands & kneeling
Meanwhile, England, Wales and seven other European nations had been preparing to wear OneLove armband to show support for diversity and inclusion in a country that criminalizes same-sex relationships but FIFA has now said players will be yellow carded if they are seen wearing the armbands. This morning, the nine nations
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