Under pressure from Fifa, several associations have announced that they will appear in Qatar without a rainbow armband. But it is not those who were blackmailed who are to blame, but the world football association itself, says star-Author Christian Ewers.
Anyone who thought that Fifa President Gianni Infantino’s appearance on Saturday could not be increased in his madness, in his self-importance and arrogance will now see himself taught a lesson. World football’s governing body announced on Monday that it would impose sanctions on all teams that wear the so-called one-love armband at World Cup games. The armband designed in rainbow colors symbolizes diversity, sexual self-determination and the equality of life forms.
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