World Cup 2026: Iranian sports minister says country will not play in tournament (www.bbc.com)
from Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to world@lemmy.world on 11 Mar 17:17
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ThePantser@sh.itjust.works on 11 Mar 17:47 next collapse

They didn’t start the war though ban USA!

hddsx@lemmy.ca on 11 Mar 17:54 next collapse

The USA is one of the host countries. Would likely have to find ways to schedule games in Canada or Mexico

empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 11 Mar 18:21 collapse

FIFA is literally run by nazi’s they’re not gonna ban the country they bribed gave some fake ass trophy prize to

Teknikal@anarchist.nexus on 11 Mar 18:53 next collapse

I’m half expecting Trump to have a false flag at the world Cup or maybe that Whitehouse UFC event. Think he’s reading the Hitler handbook or something.

Jhex@lemmy.world on 11 Mar 19:04 collapse

at this point, whether white flag or real, an attack is almost guaranteed…

Best we can hope for is that soccer fans boycott this World Cup in a significant way to make all those Nazi organizers loose tons of money, they only thing they may care about.

clot27@lemmy.zip on 11 Mar 19:03 next collapse

Weird how fifa has banned russia for starting a war but are completely fine with USA and Israel when they did the same

blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 11 Mar 19:47 collapse

ICE wouldn’t let them leave the airport if they had travelled