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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nicholas Cecil

Fury explodes in Britain at Argentina players in Falklands banner row as stars face calls to have visas revoked

Argentinian players were hit with a torrent of condemnation in a Falkland Islands banner row after their 2-1 win over England in the World Cup semi-final.

A Cabinet minister tore into Argentina’s players, accusing them of a lack of dignity for holding up a banner after the game in Atlanta, Georgia, that read ‘Las Malvinas son Argentinas’ which translates to ‘The Falkland Islands are Argentinian’.

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