The World Cup has officially kicked off with host country.
Qatar's lost to Ecuador in the opening match, a first in the World Cup,
92 year history.
And as England takes the field in their first game against Iran,
the players will be long, no longer be wearing anti discrimination armbands.
Seven european teams dropped plans for captains
to wear rainbow armbands during their games
that after World Cup organizer FIFA made it clear
they would impose sanctions on any teams that participated.
Those sanctions include automatic yellow cards,
a move that the team calls, unprecedented
that the rainbow armbands,
saying one love were designed as a form of protest
against Qatar's anti L g b t Q loss.