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Qatari TV pundits mock Germany’s ‘OneLove’ armband protest after World Cup exit
CNN — Soccer pundits on Qatar’s Alkass Athletics channel mocked the German football staff next its Entire world Cup exit – by mimicking the players’ protest over human legal rights. A online video on the channel’s Twitter site posted on Thursday exhibits previous Kuwaiti footballer Jamal Mubarak masking his mouth with his still left hand and waving goodbye with the proper, then contacting on previous Egyptian goalkeeper and fellow analyst Essam El-Hadary to join him. Before long following, El-Hadary and other pundits then address their mouths and wave goodbye – evidently in celebration of Germany’s exit. The gesture mimics what the German gamers did to protest against FIFA’s selection to…
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European World Cup teams to defy FIFA in armband standoff
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — In a tense conference at the Globe Cup on Sunday, FIFA tried using to end a standoff with European teams about donning unauthorized captain armbands for an anti-discrimination campaign that attracts notice to Qatar. It did not perform. FIFA preferred 7 European soccer federations to back down from making it possible for their captains to have on “One Love” armbands — a heart-formed multi-colored emblem aimed at exposing the host country’s history on human rights. FIFA failed to persuade the Europeans with a counter-proposal introduced Saturday, and backed by United Nations companies, of armbands with socially aware, although generic, slogans. The urgency of the assembly at…