The move comes after Welsh football fans including former Wales captain Laura McAllister claimed that their rainbow hats were “confiscated” during the match against USA on Monday.
FIFA is set to stage a u-turn on policies against rainbow hats and flags being allowed into World Cup stadiums. Earlier this week, Welsh football fans including former Wales captain Laura McAllister claimed that their rainbow hats were “confiscated” in Qatar ahead of their World Cup match with the USA on Monday .
community, when she arrived at the Wales versus USA match at the Ahmad Bin Ali stadium, but was then told by security staff that she would not be allowed in unless she took it off.Now, however, thehas confirmed that an agreement has been reached with FIFA for their fans to be able to wear rainbow-coloured items of clothing and carry flags.
“We were told it was a regulation – clearly I work in football, I work with UEFA, so I know the regulations – so I asked which regulation it applied to and we weren’t told that,” she added. The US sports journalist Grant Wahl said that he was detained by security at the stadium after wearing a rainbow shirt to the same match. Writing on his Substack newsletter, Wahl said the guards “refused to let me in, detained me for 25 minutes and angrily demanded that I remove my T-shirt”.
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