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Sep 2022
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Rainbow Love Heart Fight | Qatar 2022 Wo...

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European national teams clash with FIFA and Qatar over the Rainbow Flag. 


The 2022 FIFA World Cup is scheduled to be the 22nd running of the FIFA World Cup competition, the quadrennial international men's football championship contested by the senior national teams of the member associations of FIFA.  


Image Credit:  england/instagram  https://www.instagram.com/p/Ciw77viNdW8/?hl=en

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