For a mandatory piece of equipment that simply symbolizes inclusive leadership, the rainbow captain’s armband has found itself in sport’s firing line in recent years. However, the colorful wraparound ...

Two days before the World Cup final, more than two dozen U.S. senators and members of Congress on Friday lashed FIFA for threatening to punish players for wearing “OneLove” armbands in support of ...

A group of 30 Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Friday slamming the organization’s ban on players wearing rainbow LGBTQ armbands at the World Cup in Qatar. The ...

LONDON — Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi will face no formal action from the English Football Association despite defying its rules for a second time by writing a religious message on his uniform ...

A June 18 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a picture of soccer players Cristiano Ronaldo, who's wearing a black armband, and Manuel Neuer, who's wearing a rainbow armband. "At the Euro ...

Saudi Arabian club Al-Ettifaq officially introduced their newest signing, longtime Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson, on Thursday. The club, which is paying the 33-year-old £700,000 (around ...

LGBTQ allies have found sneaky ways to support queer civil rights at the World Cup in Qatar, even though officials at the soccer tournament seem determined to ban any rainbows from appearing at the ...

The Black Eyed Peas had a surprise for state-sanctioned Polish TV when all four members of the hip-hop group wore rainbow armbands in solidarity with the LGBTQ community at a New Year’s performance in ...

The 2022 World Cup produced cherished memories on the pitch, culminating in arguably the greatest final the sport of football has seen. Yet away from the field, battle lines were increasingly drawn ...