THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Falklands Government Calls on FIFA to Sanction Argentina.
The Falkland Islands Government condemned the Argentinian soccer team for unfurling a banner claiming the islands after their semi-final match against England on Wednesday, urging FIFA to enforce its rules on keeping politics out of sports.
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Falkland Islands Government has issued a statement noting it was “disappointed – though regrettably not surprised – that the Argentine football team decided to tarnish the result of last night’s World Cup football semi-final” against England on Wednesday by unfurling a banner asserting that the British Overseas Territory belongs to Argentina. The territorial government called on FIFA to sanction the team, in line with its own rules prohibiting political displays. DETAIL: The incident has reignited tensions between Argentina and the Falklands, with the former invading and briefly occupying the latter in 1982, before a British liberation force defeated them. Argentina as currently constituted did…Open