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

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 ...

A World Cup match in Seattle has been named the Pride Match. That game now features Egypt and Iran, which imprison gay people ...

The Egyptian Football Association says it has sent a formal letter to Fifa requesting LGBTQ+ "Pride Match" celebrations at one of their 2026 World Cup matches do not go ahead. The local organising ...

The soccer powers in Iran and Egypt are not too happy that they will be playing in the first-ever FIFA World Cup Pride Match celebrating the LGBTQ community. When Iran plays against Egypt in Seattle ...

SEATTLE — A decision by Seattle's local World Cup organizing committee to brand the June 26, 2026 match as a "Pride Match" has sparked formal complaints from Egypt and Iran, the two countries ...

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 ...