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Associated Press: FIFA fines British federations for memorials at WCup matches

Published Dec. 20, 2016 at 3:24 pm

An England supporter poses with a t-shirt with an image of poppies in reaction to a Fifa ruling before a World Cup 2018 qualification match between England and Scotland at Wembley stadium in London on November 11, 2016.The football associations of both countries have pledged to defy a FIFA ban on political, religious or commercial symbols by wearing black armbands with red poppy emblems.

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GENEVA – The four British soccer federations were fined on Dec. 19 by FIFA for displaying poppies at World Cup qualifying matches in November to honor their war dead.

England’s federation must pay 45,000 Swiss francs ($43,800) for the “display of a political symbol” at a home match against Scotland on Nov. 11. Scotland was fined 20,000 Swiss francs ($19,500).