England will wear a different captain’s armband during each Women’s World Cup matchday after FIFA prevented nations from wearing the One Love armband.
FIFA announced in June that, following discussions with the 32 participating nations at this summer’s tournament, it would be providing eight armbands sporting eight different social cause slogans for the tournament.
Players will face sporting sanctions if they wear the One Love armband or a rainbow armband as these are not “FIFA approved”, as was the case at the Qatar World Cup.
England have opted to wear the “Unite for Inclusion” armband for their opening group match against Haiti, the “Unite for Indigenous People” armband against Denmark and “Unite for Gender Equality” against China.
Players were keen to wear the “Unite for Indigenous People” armband after their interactions with Aboriginal communities since arriving in Australia.
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The “Unite for Inclusion” armband is designed in the One Love colour scheme. FIFA has emphasised that the colours are not those of the rainbow LGBTQ+ flag but have been inspired by the “Pan-African flag and the pansexual flag” and “symbolise race and heritage and all gender…
