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Players ‘abandoned’ over rainbow armbands in Qatar, says Deschamps

Updated on: 04 November,2023 08:27 AM IST  |  Paris
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There was discussion before the competition over wearing “One Love” armbands as a protest because homosexual activity is illegal in Qatar, but the organisers and world football’s governing body FIFA warned players not to

Players ‘abandoned’ over rainbow armbands in Qatar, says Deschamps

Didier Deschamps

France coach Didier Deschamps told a French National Assembly committee on Thursday that the national team had been “abandoned” over the issue of rainbow armbands at last year’s World Cup in Qatar.


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There was discussion before the competition over wearing “One Love” armbands as a protest because homosexual activity is illegal in Qatar, but the organisers and world football’s governing body FIFA warned players not to.


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“We were abandoned before this World Cup because the responsibility belongs to the authorities, and so it became the free decision of each and every individual,” Deschamps told a committee looking at “operational failures within sports federations”. 

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