The controversy stems from last week's FIFA tournament draw, which selected two countries where homosexuality faces legal ...

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

On June 26, Iran plays Egypt in a World Cup match right here in Seattle. June. Seattle. That's Pride Month around here. And it's now an international incident.

Complaints by the football associations of Iran and Egypt highlight tensions between World Cup rules promoting anti-discrimination, inclusivity and neutrality on political and social matters.

Egypt and Iran are drawing the line over a planned LGBTQ+ Pride event scheduled to take place during their teams’ World Cup group match in Seattle next summer. Egypt’s official soccer association said ...

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 ...

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.

Seattle’s local organizing committee for the 2026 FIFA World Cup is moving ahead with a first-of-its-kind “Pride Match” at Lumen Field on June 26, coinciding with the city’s Pride Weekend, even though ...

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 ...