White House confirms stance on Falklands row after UK urges FIFA action against Argentina; ‘First Amendment rights’

White House backs Argentina players in Falklands row

During a White House FIFA World Cup press conference, Sky News sports correspondent Rob Harris asked whether the United States believed Argentina's players had acted inappropriately by displaying a political message inside a World Cup stadium.

They consist of two main islands – East Falkland and West Falkland – along with hundreds of smaller islands.

As England prepared for a historic game with rivals Argentina, one fan of the albiceleste was scrawling a message onto a hotel bedsheet with cheap black paint, before stuffing in his trousers and heading to the Atlanta Stadium.