22 Nov 2022

World Cup captains back down on plan to wear anti-discrimination arm bands

From Morning Report, 7:50 am on 22 November 2022

The captains of seven World Cup football sides, including England and Germany have backed down on their plan to wear OneLove anti-discrimination arm bands. 

FIFA threatened to give players yellow cards if they wore the protest armbands. 

The teams said they they wanted to support inclusion in football, and were disappointed by FIFA's decision. 

BBC Howard Nurse spoke to Kim Hill.