The pitch invader who carried a rainbow flag in protest during Portugal’s World Cup match against Uruguay has been banned from attending any further games in Qatar.
Last night’s Group H match was interrupted when Mario Ferri stormed the pitch wearing a t-shirt which read ‘saveThe tournament has been dogged with controversy over the host nation’s treatment of the LGBTQ+ community and the country’s archaic homosexuality laws.
Meanwhile, the tournament’s chief has confirmed that between 400 and 500 migrants died as a result of development linked to the World Cup. Hassan Al-Thawadi, secretary general of the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, gave the figures during an interview on TalkTV’s Piers Morgan Uncensored. A report by the Guardian newspaper last year said 6,500 migrant workers had died in Qatar since the Gulf state was awarded the World Cup in 2010 – something that had been ‘categorically’ denied by authorities.
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