OneLove

OneLove is an anti-discrimination and human rights campaign that invites football players to wear rainbow-colored armbands. It was famous at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

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OneLove logo armband
Date2022
CauseHuman rights violations in Qatar
MotiveHuman rights, LGBT and diversity

Controversy

Associations were warned players would be suspended for wearing OneLove armbands in Qatar.[8] England, Wales, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands said together they would not do so.[9]

See also

OneLove Media

References

  1. Smith, Alan (2022-11-21). "Harry Kane to wear 'One Love' armband at World Cup in anti-discrimination gesture". mirror.co.uk. Mirror. Retrieved 2022-11-21. Harry Kane to wear 'One Love' armband at World Cup in anti-discrimination gesture
  2. Hamilton, Tom (2022-11-21). "World Cup teams abandon OneLove armband amid FIFA row". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved 2022-11-21. World Cup teams abandon OneLove armband amid FIFA row
  3. George Ramsay and Zayn Nabbi (2022-11-21). "England's Harry Kane and several other European captains told not to wear 'OneLove' armband at World Cup". cnn.com. CNN. Retrieved 2022-11-21. The captains of several European teams will not wear "OneLove" armbands at the World Cup in Qatar due to the danger of receiving yellow cards.
  4. Mcilkenny, Stephen (2022-11-21). "OneLove armband: What is the OneLove armband and why won't it be worn during Qatar 2022?". scotsman.com. Scotsman. Retrieved 2022-11-21. Competing nations previously planning to wear a 'One Love' armband at the World Cup have told their captains not to attempt to do so for fear of sporting sanctions, a joint statement has said.
  5. Aljazeera (2022-11-21). "Seven European teams ditch 'OneLove' armband World Cup plan". aljazeera.com. Aljazeera. Retrieved 2022-11-21. The climbdown came just hours before England's Harry Kane, the Netherlands' Virgil van Dijk and Wales' Gareth Bale were due to wear the "OneLove" armbands in Monday's group-stage games.
  6. BBC (2022-11-21). "World Cup 2022: England, Wales & other European nations will not wear OneLove armbands". bbc.com. BBC. Retrieved 2022-11-21. England, Wales and other European nations will not wear the OneLove armband at the World Cup in Qatar because of the threat of players getting yellow cards.
  7. Sean Ingle and Nick Ames in Doha (2022-11-21). "'Very frustrated': England and Wales back down over OneLove armband". theguardian.com. The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-11-21. England, Wales and five other European nations have backed down from wearing the OneLove armband that was intended as a protest at all forms of discrimination at the World Cup in Qatar.
  8. "World Cup 2022: England, Wales & other European nations will not wear OneLove armbands". BBC Sport. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  9. "England: Three Lions among seven countries to confirm they will not wear OneLove armband in Qatar". Sky Sports. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.