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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Paul MacInnes

No 10 accuses FA of ‘equivocating’ on terrorism by opting to stop lighting arch

The Wembley arch, lit with the colours of Ukraine’s flag in February 2022.
The Wembley arch, lit with the colours of Ukraine’s flag in February 2022. Photograph: Scott Garfitt/Shutterstock

Downing Street has accused the Football Association of equivocating over terrorism, as it criticised the decision to scale back the use of the Wembley arch for sending messages of solidarity.

The FA decided this week to restrict the occasions on which the arch on the national stadium is illuminated after the controversial decision to acknowledge the Hamas assault on Israel with only a minute’s silence.

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