FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Copa America 2021 - Group B - Brazil v Ecuador - Estadio Olimpico Pedro Ludovico, Goiania, Brazil - June 27, 2021 Brazil team huddle before the match REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A Rio de Janeiro judge has given the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) 48 hours to explain why none of their players at the Copa America are wearing the No. 24 shirt, with the number often associated with homosexuals in the country.
Reigning champions Brazil have registered a full squad of players for the Copa America but unlike the other nine teams none were given the No. 24 shirt, according to the plaintiffs in the case, the LGBT rights group Rainbow Citizens.
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