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FOUND: Fifa rejects denmark s request for pro human rights training shirts - What They Never Told You

Christian Eriksen shows Denmark's 'toned-down' all-white shirt for the Qatar World Cup [File: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP]

FIFA has rejected a request made by the Danish football federation (DBU) to wear pro-human rights training shirts at the World Cup in Qatar.

The DBU’s director Jakob Jensen told Danish news agency Ritzau that the international football governing body rejected the request because it does not permit political messages on shirts.

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