BREAKING: England and Wales decide not to wear OneLove armband at World Cup after FIFA threat. Read more: 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
"FIFA has been very clear that it will impose sporting sanctions if our captains wear the armbands on the field of play. As national federations, we can't put our players in a position where they could face sporting sanctions including bookings, so we have asked the captains not to attempt to wear the armbands in FIFA World Cup games," a joint statement from the Football Associations of England, Wales, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands and Switzerland said.
The teams said they were prepared to"pay fines that would normally apply to breaches of kit regulations" but"cannot put our players in the situation where they might be booked or even forced to leave the field of play". "We are very frustrated by the FIFA decision which we believe is unprecedented - we wrote to FIFA in September informing them of our wish to wear the One Love armband to actively support inclusion in football, and had no response," the statement added.
England open their World Cup campaign later today against Iran, and Wales play USA in the evening match.
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