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Re: Fifa tells referee to call off England game if players wear poppies
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Originally Posted by Kymmy
Yet only a very small percentage in the US wear a poppy even though they were one of the first adopters of the practice.. The countries where poppies are worn as standard is just UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
As for the rest of the world only 3 million are sent out shared between 120 other countries so that would equate to probably just the ex-pat population..
This is purely a political dummy spitting season, nothing more and nothing less and I applaud Fifa for not giving into political pressure. Lets keep politics out of sport whenever possible.
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Who, What, Why: Which countries wear poppies?
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The answer
UK
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
In total, 120 countries outside the UK are sent 3m poppies by Royal British Legion, mostly ex-pats
They include Spain, France, Germany, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Cyprus and Argentina
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15637074
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