Ian Wright has criticised England and the other teams at the World Cup for their decision to bow under pressure from FIFA and renege on a promise to wear the OneLove armband.
Homosexuality is illegal in Qatar and captains of England, Wales, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany and Denmark were due to wear the armbands in support of the LGBTQ+ community. But they announced in a joint statement on Monday that the idea had been dropped due to pressure from FIFA, who warned the players would be booked.
Former England international Alex Scott decided to defy FIFA by wearing the armband live on BBC One ahead of England’s opening game against Iran. Meanwhile, a Danish journalist was stopped from filming by Qatari police and asked to take his armband off.
