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Players ‘abandoned’ over rainbow armbands in Qatar: Deschamps

A fan wearing a rainbow armband is escorted out of the stadium ahead of the USA-Iran game at the World Cup in Doha in November 2022.

PARIS – France coach Didier Deschamps told a French National Assembly committee on Thursday that national teams had been “abandoned” over the issue of rainbow armbands at last year’s World Cup in Qatar.

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