Seattle’s World Cup “Pride Match” will feature Iran and Egypt, two countries where homosexuality is illegal, on June 26. The Group G clash, taking place on a Friday at Lumen Field, coincides with the ...

A World Cup match in Seattle meant to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride has now drawn complaints from two of the world's least LGBTQ-friendly nations, Egypt and Iran, who were ironically picked to play against ...

An official involved with the World Cup Pride Match says there has been no contact from Fifa about their plans, despite the ...

Seattle organiser tells FIFA to “respect the culture” amid plans to host Pride match during Egypt vs Iran fixtureOrganisers insist that Pride-related plans were set long before the teams were ...

Officials in Egypt and Iran are protesting the scheduling of a FIFA World Cup match between the two teams next June in Seattle, where local organizers had planned Pride festivities around the match.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Egypt and Iran, two Middle East nations that target gays and lesbians, have complained to FIFA over a World Cup soccer match in Seattle that is planned to celebrate ...

Both Middle Eastern countries are culturally conservative. In Iran, same-sex sexual activity can be punishable by death, and other expressions of gender and sexuality may be punished by imprisonment ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Egypt and Iran, two Middle East nations that target gays and lesbians, have complained to FIFA over a World Cup soccer match in Seattle that is planned to celebrate ...

From left: Alexi Lalas and Ronaldo listen as FIFA President Gianni Infantino and host Andrs Cantor applaude as Francesco Totti, and Hristo Stoichkov look on during the match schedule reveal for the ...