No beating around the bush on that one, eh Prime Minister?
“The Football Associations of England and Scotland say they will defy a ban on players wearing poppies when the teams meet on Armistice Day.
“The FAs will let players wear black armbands with poppy emblems and are willing to accept any punishment.
“Fifa general secretary Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura told BBC Sport “any kind of sanction” could follow.
“World football’s governing body prohibits political, religious or commercial messages on shirts.
“UK Prime Minister Theresa May has called the rule “outrageous”.
“English FA chief executive Martin Glenn told BBC Sport that players from both sides would wear black armbands carrying the poppy symbol – traditionally used to remember those who died during World War One – “as a point of principle”.”
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