France’s Ligue 1 has been hit by controversy after players from Toulouse, Nantes and Guingamp refused to take the field wearing rainbow colours as part of a campaign against homophobia in football.
The French Professional League (LFP), the sports’ domestic governing body, had called for Ligue 1 players to wear a shirt with a rainbow-coloured number on the back at this weekend’s matches ahead of Wednesday’s International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.
