and also britain s first professional nba player. john lovely to have you with us on the programme. do you believe that football should make a stand in the workup? t football should make a stand in the worku - ? ~i workup? i en oy it. i like it. i think its workup? i enjoy it. i like it. i think it s important - workup? i enjoy it. i like it. i think it s important any time j workup? i enjoy it. i like it. i- think it s important any time people with a powerful reach use their voice for something more important than selling shoes. or encouraging people to drink sugar water for their performance. but this is not their performance. but this is not the point here. the point here is not the ability of athletes to wear an armband or some thing else. this is the direct violation of the very tenants of sport. the very principles that fifa and other large organisations say they stand for in the first place. this isn t about whether or not rainbow armband or a pride logo in your countries logo
tournament since 1958, only the second time they having qualified, they drew one all in their opener against the usa so some good stuff on the field, but it is the controversy off it that continues to overshadow the tournament, before england took the field today the fa were forced to abandon a plan for captain harry kane to wear the onelove armband promoting diversity and inclusion, after fifa warned the players they would be yellow carded immediately. the fa was one of seven world cup associations that planned to use the rainbow coloured armband meanwhile the iranian players refused to sing their national anthem, before the match, in solidarity with the protesters back at home. and in spite of the harsh punishment they and theirfamilies might now face. in recent days the women s nation basketball team appeared for a team photograph without their headscarves. and in this video, iranians in this tehran
wear an argument today. and he should to highlight the issues that you discuss. it s of faulty equipment really to the compare that to what the erie and footballers decided to do today. given the risk and the threat notjust for themselves but to their families back home. themselves but to their families back home- themselves but to their families back home. . , :, :, back home. the remarkable food bravel of back home. the remarkable food bravely of the back home. the remarkable food bravely of the uranian back home. the remarkable food bravely of the uranian football. back home. the remarkable food i bravely of the uranian football team and their basketball counterparts. this is the activism i hope will start to change the world again. the problem is that when it comes to the third or football team we problem is that when it comes to the third orfootball team we might be looking at the group of marchers in some case. when they go back we have no guarantee of their safety. to me, t
neighbourhood cheer as their soccer team suffers a third goal by the english side. here s bbc persian s taraneh stone with more. what we have seen from before the football match began what we get seen from before the football match began until very, very recently. people have been sharing for england stopped because, as you said, they say this is not their national team. this is the islamic republic team. some people were are happy and saying it was a nice gesture from the uranian national team not to sing the anthem. as you know, this has been a trend lately in the last couple months. a lots of athletes have refused to sing the national anthems before their games. i m joined byjohn amaechi, organisational psychologist and founder of aps intelligence,