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Ukraine soccer body asks FIFA to remove Iran from World Cup

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Shut up Ukraine! They earned their spot!

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Rightly so, the world cup should be for decent countries that respect human rights and don't make wars on innocent nations or murder its own people.

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Impossible to like Iran the regime - a sick, perverse group of men with evil, stone age beliefs. They place women on a scale lower than dogs and pigs. However this is the most important point here -

Iranian soccer players, including some national team members expected to be selected for the World Cup, have supported the protests on social media and in gestures at games, including wearing black wristbands and with subdued celebrations after scoring goals.

The brave players can stand up against the sick regime during the games, letting the persecuted back home know they are right behind them. Lets hope for anti-Iranian govt gestures during the matches - and even among the fans.

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Rightly so, the world cup should be for decent countries that respect human rights and don't make wars on innocent nations or murder its own people.

You do realize that Ukraine had been murdering their own citizens since 2014 right?

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how abt to give gold medals to UA now,what for some kind of world cup is needed?

i know it seems weird but UA "request" is more weird.

you get eurovision you get world cup gold medal now.who really cares anyway?

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lol Ukraine.

Suspending sports teams because of politics over which athletes have zero control…is this the best ammo that Zelensky has left at this point?

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Suspending sports teams because of politics over which athletes have zero control…is this the best ammo that Zelensky has left at this point?

Well, he could try posing on the front cover of Vogue again.

I'll be rooting for Cymru. They had the guts to do us all a big favor.

Rightly so, the world cup should be for decent countries that respect human rights

And have the WC in Qatar, of all places???!!!! What next, do you want the WC to return to USA again, even after their 'shenanigans' in Afghanistan and Iraq?

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It would be a good idea to replace Iran with the last team eliminated from selection from the Asia grouping.

The Iranian people have even suggested it and clearly have bigger issues at home to sort out.

The fact they are supporting war crimes carried out by Russia with their drones, and doing so knowingly, should carry consequences. Elimination from the World Cup would be the least painful consequence.

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They are really getting out of mind more and more with all their demands, accusations and massive verbal attacks against everyone. I doubt that they can afford the shrinking support that soon follows from all that.

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Iran has been a democracy longer than Ukraine, Ukrainain were not concerned about human rights until they got invaded,and selling arms to rogue dictator, liberty, equality and justice for all, something Ukrainain never live under

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