{"id":356458,"date":"2026-06-26T01:15:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T19:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=356458"},"modified":"2026-06-26T01:15:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T19:45:22","slug":"fifa-to-permit-pride-flags-at-iran-egypt-world-cup-clash-in-seattle-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/fifa-to-permit-pride-flags-at-iran-egypt-world-cup-clash-in-seattle-national\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA to permit pride flags at Iran-Egypt World Cup clash in Seattle &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Fans will likely be allowed to bring rainbow flags when Egypt\u00a0face\u00a0Iran\u00a0in Seattle\u2019s designated \u201cPride Match\u201d on the\u00a0World Cup, FIFA said on Thursday, organising a clumsy \u200bcollision between local celebrations and two nations where homosexuality is criminalized.<\/p>\n<p>Friday\u2019s group \u200cgame falls on Seattle\u2019s Pride weekend, 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Each countries impose severe \u200bpenalties on LGBTQ people.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won't miss a trending story.\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get breaking National news<\/h2>\n<p>Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox because it happens so you will not miss a trending story.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe FIFA World Cup 2026 is an inclusive event \u2060that welcomes people from all backgrounds. Fans of all sexual orientations and gender identities \u200bare welcome at matches and events,\u201d FIFA said in an announcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGeneral statements of human rights, \u200bincluding rainbow flags and other flags representing sexual orientation and gender identity, are permitted under the FIFA World Cup 2026 Stadium Code of Conduct and should be displayed inside stadiums.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>FIFA added that items \u200bwill likely be allowed provided they&#8217;re used \u201cin a fashion consistent with the code,\u201d which \u200blimits the scale of flags or banners and prohibits items deemed \u201cpolitical.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Pride Match\u2019 organized by Seattle, not FIFA<\/h2>\n<p>FIFA \u200chas \u2060distanced itself from the Pride festivities, emphasizing that the celebrations are organized by Seattle\u2019s local World Cup committee and never the worldwide soccer body.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI need to make clear that there will likely be no \u2018Pride Match\u2019 on the World Cup,\u201d FIFA President Gianni Infantino told Swiss magazine Die \u200bWeltwoche in January.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Trending<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\"><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tParticipants carry a rainbow flag along a street in the course of the Pride parade in Montreal, Sunday, August 10, 2025.\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"c-caption__cite\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tTHE CANADIAN PRESS\/Graham Hughes\t\t\t\t<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThere will likely be a FIFA \u2060World Cup match in Seattle and, on the identical day, events organized by external organizations will likely be going down in the town. \u200bBut that has nothing to do with the match itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On the \u200b2022 World \u2060Cup in Qatar, FIFA threatened\u00a0yellow cards for captains\u00a0wearing the \u201cOneLove\u201d armband, citing its rules against political slogans.<\/p>\n<p>Seattle organizers remain undeterred, viewing the highlight as a platform for promoting acceptance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Pride \u2060celebration\u2026 has \u200bhappened on this weekend for 50-plus years,\u201d Hedda McLendon, \u200bfrom Seattle\u2019s local World Cup organizing committee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sports\/soccer\/seattle-sticking-with-world-cup-pride-match-hoping-it-can-change-minds-2026-06-24\/\" data-testid=\"Link\">told Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will occur this weekend, it will \u200boccur long after the World Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans will likely be allowed to bring rainbow flags when Egypt\u00a0face\u00a0Iran\u00a0in Seattle\u2019s designated \u201cPride Match\u201d on the\u00a0World Cup, FIFA said on Thursday, organising a clumsy \u200bcollision between local celebrations and two nations where homosexuality is criminalized. 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