All posts tagged "FIFA"
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U.S.-Mexico Soccer Match Suspended Over Anti-Gay Chant
Officials ended the CONCACAF Nations League semifinal soccer match between Mexico and the United States early on Thursday, cutting off play in the final minutes...
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Grant Wahl, Journalist Detained at World Cup for Wearing Rainbow Shirt, Dies
Grant Wahl, a journalist who made headlines after being detained by security for wearing a shirt featuring a soccer ball on a rainbow background to...
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German World Cup Team Protests Sanctions for Pro-LGBTQ Armbands
Players from Germany’s World Cup national soccer team protested a ruling by FIFA, the governing body in the sport, prohibiting them from wearing armbands to...
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FIFA Urged to Cancel Contracts with Anti-LGBTQ Hotels
With the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) World Cup coming up, FIFA is facing scrutiny for endorsing hotels that discriminate based on sexuality. As...
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Activists call for head of French Football Federation to resign for anti-gay chant order
Noël Le Graët has advised referees not to stop matches when fans are shouting anti-gay slurs or chants
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FIFA fines Mexico Football Federation $10,000 over anti-gay chant at World Cup match
FIFA, the global governing board of soccer, has fined the Mexico Football Federation, or FMF, $10,000 after Mexican fans uttered “discriminatory and insulting chants” during...
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Moscow police arrest British gay rights activist as World Cup begins
Activist Peter Tatchell was arrested for protesting Putin's silence on gay men being kidnapped and tortured in Chechnya
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LGBTQ fans warned not to “publicly display sexuality” at World Cup in Russia
LGBTQ soccer fans planning to travel to Russia for the 2018 FIFA World Cup are being “strongly” warned not to “publicly display sexuality” in public,...
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FIFA warns gay World Cup soccer fans of possible “danger” in Russia
FARE, a network that advises FIFA, the international governing body for soccer, has issued warnings to LGBTQ soccer fans and people of color of the...
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FIFA fines 5 Latin American countries for homophobic chants
FIFA, the governing body for world soccer, on Wednesday announced it has imposed fines against the various football associations of Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Peru and...
