robust, we want them to be sustainable and we want them to move forward with how society is and that is of an accepting society, whether it be lgbtq+, whether it be race, religion or women s rights and for us there is a concern there that future world cups and countries are still bidding for future world cups that have really poor human rights, they have poor lgbt rights in their countries and so we really want fifa, i think used a great word, be more robust, but actually show the world that as the leading football body, they take everybody into consideration and actually they stand by their message, which is football is for all. find stand by their message, which is football is for all. football is for all. and so, again, i don t want football is for all. and so, again, i don t want to football is for all. and so, again, i don t want to put football is for all. and so, again, i don t want to put words - football is for all. and so, again, i don t want to put words in - footbal
that match. confirmed. a bit of history made and that match, right? confirmed. a bit of history made and that match, right? absolutely. - that match, right? absolutely. salima milken that match, right? absolutely. salima milken zynga that match, right? absolutely. salima milken zynga has - that match, right? absolutely. salima milken zynga has the i that match, right? absolutely. - salima milken zynga has the honour of becoming the first evers and female rest maria in the long history of the africa couple nations. first female in history. becoming the first female fourth official, and today she controlled the game herself and did so very, very well, performing very credibly. the head of the african football body said this was notjust a moment for mocha and sangha, but for all young girls in africa. and now, as demonstrated by her taking charge, that pathway is very open and she will surely be the first of many. just finally, lots at stake for ghana, whose fate is out of thei
every day this week, including of course the decision yesterday to personally sanction president putin from the u.s., from the eu, and from the uk. they also want to show this unity, bolster their support of course for ow crane and just last night, the president of ukraine once again tweeting he would like to see this measure enacted. so, pressure is really mounting behind the scenes, particularly, of course, on holdout countries like germany within the eu. and we will have to see, within the coming days, that pressure will win out in the end. michael. all right. appreciate the reporting. good to see you, my friend. anna stewart there in london. and i will be back at the top of the hour to bring you the latest from here in ukraine. for now, though, let s go to anna coren in hong kong with some of the day s other top stories. anna? michael, appreciate it. thank you. sport can play a powerful role in international diplomacy. something europe s top football body knows all too well.
like taking the knee before games, tying themselves to the cause of the black lives matter movement. you in the past have spoken out against some of the gesture politics, saying that uefa, the european football body, when it was trying to get you involved in their respect in their kick it out programmes. you didn t really believe in that stuff. do you believe in taking the knee? um, yes and no. yes, because i like the fact when kids watch the game and will ask your mum and dad, why they doing this? it s their power to explain the reason why they re doing this. but is it going to change something? no, but i support any cause. because i had enough of people pretending they want to stop against racism, they re pretending. but when you touch their pocket, that s when they act. that s why i had enough. so i m for the taking knee, but if it is
who are perhaps more political on social media. they are more determined to stand up, to use their voices, to express their opinions. partly, that s seen in a collective action like taking the knee before games, tying themselves to the cause of the black lives matter movement. you in the past have spoken out against some of the gesture politics, saying that uefa, the european football body, when it was trying to get you involved in their respect in their kick it out programmes. you didn t really believe in that stuff. do you believe in taking the knee? um, yes and no. yes, because i like the fact when kids watch the game and will ask your mum and dad, why they doing this? it s their power to explain the reason why they re doing this. but is it going to change something? no, but i support any cause.