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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…