England captain's subtle $1m gay rights protest

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It's been revealed that England skipper Harry Kane performed his ain protestation against Qatar's abhorrent stance connected the LGBTQI+ assemblage up of his side's World Cup opener.

Kane and his nationalist squad were wide blasted when, amid threats posed by FIFA, the skipper abandoned a program to deterioration a rainbow-coloured captain's armband successful England's tournament-opening lucifer against Iran.

Kane alternatively opted to deterioration a FIFA-approved armband with the words "No Discrimination" — a portion of covering that addresses inequality but not homophobia specifically.

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However, it's since emerged that the striker sported a $950,000 Rainbow Rolex successful the hours earlier England's 6-2 triumph implicit Iran.

Getty Images pictures amusement Kane wearing the ticker erstwhile helium led the squad from the buss and arsenic helium inspected the field.

Captains of 7 European teams chose not to deterioration the "one love" armband aft FIFA warned that doing truthful could effect successful bookings.

Former Socceroos skipper Craig Foster blasted FIFA implicit its enactment against the protest.

"Disgraceful, gutless determination by FIFA to endanger sanctions against players for promoting the basal rights of the LGBTI assemblage successful Qatar and globally," Foster tweeted.

"I consciousness for the planetary LGBTI community, players and fans who indispensable rightly consciousness utilized and abandoned."

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