FIFA President Gianni Infantino said Wednesday that Iran will participate in the World Cup “for sure” despite its war with the United States.
  • unmagical@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    19 days ago
    1. Why in the reporting is the war the possessive object of Iran?
    2. Does FIFA regret their peace prize now that they have to defend the war mongering their inaugural recipient has enacted?
  • CombatWombat@feddit.onlineEnglish
    6·
    19 days ago

    There’s been a lot of back-and-forth, and I’m not sure anyone from the Iranian FA to FIFA to the World Cup organizers are really very sure what’s gonna happen. I do know it’s taken a lot of fun out of the Iran-Egypt Pride match for me – poking Iran in the eye for their poor record on lgbt issues feels pretty hollow coming from a country that is currently destroying the infrastructure lgbt Iranians rely on.

    If you’re (other passers-by more than op) curious, there is a World Cup community for discussing this kinda stuff as well: !worldcup@lemmy.world (fair warning, it’s a lot of me posting World Cup stuff, and there is a fair bit of sporting content as well)