LONDON (Reuters) - FIFA has charged the Irish Football Association (FAI) over a shirt logo worn in March to commemorate the 100th anniversary of an uprising against British rule.
"We can confirm that disciplinary proceedings have been opened on this matter," a spokeswoman for world soccer's governing body, whose rules forbid players from wearing anything that can be perceived as a political statement, said on Friday.
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