TSX REPORT: Brazilian state flag, uniforms and supermarkets all part of World


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≡ THE 5-RING CIRCUS ≡

1. More confusion on “rainbow” flags, jerseys and armbands at World Cup
2. Budweiser to ship unsold World Cup beer to winning country
3. IOC preference for 2030 Winter Games not expected until 2023
4. Another Tokyo 2020 scandal, this time on test events
5. USA Swimming tabs Finke, Ledecky as Athletes of the Year

The FIFA World Cup in Qatar ramped up in intensity on Tuesday with a brilliant, shocking, 2-1 win by Saudi Arabia over tournament heavyweight Argentina and a clinical, 4-1 win by France over Australia. Off the field, confusion and protests continued over rainbow flags, including one from a Brazilian state that has nothing to do with LGBTQ rights, associations with a Belgian dance festival and more. Meanwhile, a day after Budweiser’s beer sales in the World Cup stadiums was shut down, the company tweeted that it would sent the unsold beer to the tournament’s winning country! The Salt Lake City bid committee for the 2030 Olympic Winter Games met with the International Olympic Committee’s Future Host Commission via videolink and said it was ready to host in 2030 if the IOC wished to select it. However, the IOC’s site preference will now likely not be made until early 2023. Another scandal at the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee has popped up, this time over a rigged selection process for companies to produce the 26 test events held prior to the Games, involving contracts worth about $3.54 million in all. USA Swimming held its annual Golden Goggles Awards in New York, with 2022 World Champions Bobby Finke and Katie Ledecky winning the Athlete of the Year honors.

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More confusion on “rainbow” flags, jerseys and armbands at World Cup

“This guy wearing a white dress grabbed the flag, threw it on the ground and started stomping on it. I took my phone to record a video but he grabbed it from my hand and said he would only give it back if I deleted the video.

“Then an officer arrived and tried to intervene. He grabbed the phone from the other guy and ordered me to delete the video.”

That from Brazilian journalist Victor Pereira, who was leaving the Argentina-Saudi Arabia match on Tuesday with a flag of the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, which includes a three-color rainbow over a yellow sun, a red cross at the bottom and a yellow star at the top. He was accosted by a Qatari fan, who apparently mistook it for a flag supporting LGBTQ rights – homosexuality is illegal in Qatar – with a security officer coming in quickly.

Pereira deleted the video from the phone as requested, since he needed it for his work, but uploaded a



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