Protester carrying rainbow flag runs onto field at World Cup | USA TODAY #Shorts

A protester holding a rainbow flag and wearing a shirt supporting Ukraine and Iranian women ran onto the field at the Qatar World Cup during a match between Portugal and Uruguay.

RELATED: How much it costs to host the World Cup in Qatar

A protestor ran onto the field Monday carrying a rainbow flag and wearing a blue Superman T-shirt that said “SAVE UKRAINE” on the front and “RESPECT FOR IRANIAN WOMAN” on the back during a World Cup match between Portugal and Uruguay.

Security officials chased the protestor down and the flag was dropped on the field before the person was escorted away. The referee then picked up the flag and left it on the sideline, where it stayed for a few moments before a worker came and collected it.

The protestor was ushered away through a tunnel. It wasn’t immediately clear if the person faced any charges or had been detained by police. FIFA had no immediate comment on the incident.

» Subscribe to USA TODAY:
» Watch more on this and other topics from USA TODAY:
» USA TODAY delivers current local and national news, sports, entertainment, finance, technology, and more through award-winning journalism, photos, videos and VR.

#WorldCup #Qatar #Protest

35 comments

    1. @SRR Learn to respect the culture of others. Qatar is primarily Islamic, so don’t bring western liberal propaganda to them.

    2. @Richard Aguirre The only reason it’s in Qatar is because they payed for it with oil money. The stadium that they built was built off the back of slaves. If they were truly Islamic they would display peace, tolerance, unity, respect and courage which they strive against because they are ignorant hatful people who care about money.

    1. he isn’t protesting there because of the sport, it’s because of the amount of people who will see his message, plus Qatar treats the LGBTQIA+ horribly.

    1. LOL ask bratanian,sovite,nato how was Afghanistan one of the Muslim’s country
      We Don’t want be dirty ist Hard to accept?

  1. I hope he gets what he deserves. These people really have no respect for other’s beliefs in their own countries.

  2. The thing is European world can’t bear to watch a Muslim country showcase there religion in positive way, they need to get use to it our culture is our we don’t car what they say of you in a Muslim country you have to obey our law

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.