FIFA World Cup 2022: A US sports journalist reportd that he was temporarily detained as he worea rainbow shirt to the USA’s World Cup opener versus Wales in Qatar. Same-sex relationships are prohibited in Qatar, he was stopped as he attempted to enter the stadium while wearing a rainbow-colored shirt in support of the LGBTQ community.
Journalist was refused from entering the stadium
The security at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan reportedly asked the popular Substack columnist Grant Wahl to take off his shirt before allowing him entry. Wahl works for CBS Sports and writes on the popular Substack column.
After tweeting about the incident, he claimed his phone was taken away. Then, he was told to take off his shirt and imprisoned for 25 minutes.
Wahl received apologies from FIFA authorities
Wahl added that a security officer eventually came up to him, apologised, and let him enter the building. In addition, he later received an apology from a FIFA official, according to what Wahl said in his Substack column.
On Monday, seven European World Cup nations abandoned their plans for their captains to wear OneLove armbands after FIFA threatened to send any player sporting the multicoloured armband, which was created to represent diversity and inclusion, home with a yellow card.
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