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Germany’s World Cup players cover mouths in FIFA protest

“It was a sign from the team, from us, that FIFA is muzzling us,” Germany coach Hansi Flick said. FIFA had warned the seven European federations, including Germany’s, that players would be penalized if they wore colorful “One Love” armbands as a symbol for inclusion and diversity.

Chicago Sun-Times

Australia stops short of FIFA boss support

Football Australia has baulked at whether it will vote for FIFA's embattled president as European nations heighten protests at the World Cup in Qatar.

AAP

Germany risk disciplinary action by covering mouths in protest at armband threat

The OneLove group are looking at their legal options over the FIFA decision to block them wearing the rainbow-coloured bands.

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German players cover their mouths at the World Cup to protest FIFA

The players covered their mouths for their team photo in an apparent rebuke of FIFA's clampdown on plans to wear armbands to protest discrimination in host nation Qatar.

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Germany players cover mouths at World Cup in FIFA protest

Germany’s players covered their mouths for their team photo before their opening World Cup match in an apparent rebuke of FIFA’s clampdown on plans to wear armbands to protest discrimination in host nation Qatar

The Independent UK

Ian Wright and Roy Keane agree on OneLove armband gesture as German official makes stance clear

FIFA's stance on captains wearing the OneLove armband has come under heavy criticism from many involved in football

Football London

Germany players cover mouths for team photo in protest over OneLove armband ban

The national team players made the gesture as they prepared for kick-off in their opening match against Japan at the Khalifa Stadium.

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Germany cover mouths and wear rainbows on kit in World Cup protest

Germany’s players placed hands over their mouths and wore rainbow stripes on their warm-up tops and boots in a powerful statement of defiance against Fifa

The Guardian - UK

Germany players cover mouths in protest for World Cup photo

Doha (AFP) - Germany's players covered their mouths for the team photo before their World Cup opener against Japan on Wednesday in protest at FIFA's refusal to allow rainbow-themed armbands.

AFP

Germany say Fifa ‘denied us a voice’ after covering mouths in statement at World Cup

Fifa have threatened unspecified sporting sanctions against players who wear the rainbow band

The Independent UK

German vice-chancellor backs armband protest at World Cup

Berlin (AFP) - Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck counselled the German men's national team to wear the "OneLove" armband banned by FIFA as they prepare to face Japan at the World Cup on Wednesday.

AFP

Before World Cup kicks off, has Qatar already lost at geopolitical football?

Drumbeat of international criticism on range of issues has bruised the tiny but enormously wealthy emirate, and further tensions lie ahead

The Guardian - UK

German interior minister reconsidering Qatar World Cup visit - dpa

The German interior minister's attendance at the soccer World Cup in Qatar, which starts on Nov. 20, is not a done deal, according to a report by the dpa news agency.

Reuters

World Cup ambassador calls homosexuality 'damage in the mind'

Berlin (AFP) - A Qatari World Cup ambassador called homosexuality a "damage in the mind" in a German TV interview, sparking criticism in Europe and the United States Tuesday just 12 days before the tournament kicks off.

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Fortune

A top Qatar ambassador just said homosexuality is 'damage in the mind' less than 2 weeks before a controversial World Cup

The remarks of Qatar's World Cup ambassador heightening concerns about the safety of LGBT+ supporters at the tournament.

Reuters

Qatar minister accuses Germany of 'double standards' in World Cup criticism

Qatar's foreign minister has accused Germany of "double standards" over its criticism of the World Cup host's human rights record and has defended its summoning of the German ambassador, in a newspaper interview published on Monday.

Al Jazeera

German minister praises World Cup preparations during Qatar visit

Qatar-German spat eases after Berlin’s interior minister says critical comments were ‘misinterpreted’.

AFP

Unpaid wages top Qatar migrant worker complaints: UN

Doha (AFP) - Unpaid wages dominate a growing number of complaints by migrant workers in Qatar, the UN labour agency said Tuesday, 19 days from the start of the football World Cup.

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Al Jazeera

GCC condemns German minister’s remarks on Qatar World Cup 2022

The six-member Gulf bloc says it backs Doha in ‘addressing any interference in its internal affairs’.

Asharq Al-Awsat

GCC Slams German Remarks over Qatar’s Hosting of World Cup

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Dr. Nayef Al-Hajraf condemned on Saturday remarks by Germany’s Interior Minister Nancy Faeser over Qatar’s hosting of the football World Cup in November. In a statement published by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), Al-Hajraf underscored the stance of GCC countries in supporting Qatar in confronting…

The Independent UK

Qatar summons German envoy over World Cup rights criticism

Qatar has summoned the German ambassador over remarks by Germany’s interior minister, who appeared to criticize the decision to award the World Cup to the Gulf Arab nation because of its human rights record

Asharq Al-Awsat

Germany, EU Push to Curb Migration via Balkan Route

Germany on Thursday hosted a meeting with representatives of the European Union and several European countries — including from the western Balkans — in an effort to curb migration via the so-called Balkan route. "We want to protect the people who flee to us from war and political persecution," German…

Reuters

Police guard LNG ports as Germany fast-tracks critical infrastructure law - minister

Germany has ordered police to guard LNG terminals under construction and increased aerial supervision of its rail network as it prepares a law to bolster the protection of critical infrastructure, its interior minister told Reuters.

AFP

German cybersecurity chief sacked over alleged Russia ties

Berlin (AFP) - Germany's cybersecurity chief was sacked on Tuesday after a TV satire show accused him of having ties to Russian intelligence services, with the country on high alert over potential sabotage activities by Moscow.

The Independent UK

German cybersecurity chief out amid reports of Russia ties

Germany's Interior Ministry says that the head of the national cybersecurity agency has been dismissed following reports of possible ties to Russian intelligence

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