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Dutch football bringing back OneLove inclusivity captain's armbands this month

Men's football captains playing for teams in the Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie will again wear the OneLove armbands to promote equality and connectivity. Like last year, the campaign is meant to be linked with the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which takes place on March 21. Dutch football association KNVB, sports channel ESPN and the two professional …

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Dutch football reps won’t wear OneLove armband during match against Qatar

The leadership of the Dutch football association, KNVB, does not intend to wear a OneLove armband during the men’s national team final World Cup group match when they take on host country Qatar on Tuesday. Nancy Faeser, the German Minister of the Interior, and Hadja Lahbib, the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, sat wearing a OneLove captain’s armband while next …

Explained | The OneLove armbands controversy at FIFA World Cup 2022, and Qatar’s laws against homosexuality

The story so far: FIFA on Tuesday disallowed players at the FIFA World Cup 2022 underway in Qatar from wearing OneLove armbands during matches. Articles 281 and 285 of the 2004 Qatar Penal Code penalise “copulation.without compulsion, duress or ruse” with a female or a male over sixteen respectively with imprisonment for a term up to seven years. The Qatar …

FIFA World Cup:‘OneLove’ anti-hate armbands sell out after Qatar WC ban

Call it the law of unintended consequences. The “OneLove” armbands FIFA banned at the World Cup in Qatar are suddenly selling like hotcakes. “The big boom came actually with the World Cup coming up and for sure the statement of FIFA to not allow these captain bands on the field”, said Badge Direct BV CEO Roland Heerkens in an interview. …