England’s cricketers wore their “poppies with pride” on Friday as the national football team headed for a collision with FIFA over the commemorative flowers.
Alastair Cook’s men wore the red flower symbol, which honours war dead, on the right collar of their shirts and held a minute’s silence before play in the first Test against India in Rajkot. FIFA, football’s world governing body, is in dispute with England and Scotland after warning they could be sanctioned if they wear poppies when they play at Wembley on Friday.
FIFA doesn’t allow teams to wear political, commercial or religious symbols.
Alastair Cook’s men wore the red flower symbol, which honours war dead, on the right collar of their shirts and held a minute’s silence before play in the first Test against India in Rajkot. FIFA, football’s world governing body, is in dispute with England and Scotland after warning they could be sanctioned if they wear poppies when they play at Wembley on Friday.
FIFA doesn’t allow teams to wear political, commercial or religious symbols.
