FIFA, soccer’s governing body, on Friday unveiled eight armbands highlighting a range of social causes that the captains of the 32 teams at next month’s women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand can choose to wear during the tournament. The OneLove rainbow armband promoting diversity, inclusion and LGBTQ rights, which was effectively banned amid controversy at the men’s World Cup in Qatar last year, is not among the FIFA-sanctioned designs, but there is a multicolored “Unite for Inclusion” option.
The “Unite for Inclusion” design was based on the red, black and green Pan-African flag and the pink, yellow and blue pansexual flag, according to FIFA.