evidence: Just as European soccer began to dominate the headlines in American sports, a claim about the previous tournament has gone viral. Hundreds of posts, some with thousands of likes and shares, claim that UEFA, the Union of European Football Associations, forced teams to wear pro-LGBT armbands during the 2020 championship (which was played in 2021 because of the pandemic). "At Euro 2020, UEFA (European Football Association) ordered all team captains to wear ‘OneLove’ bands. The band was used as a symbol of LGBTQ," one post with more than 153,000 likes says. "But, Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo was the only European captain who did not wear the band. Respect ❤️." [...] In the post, German captain Manuel Neuer and Portuguese captain Cristiano Ronaldo can be seen wearing different styles of captain’s armbands. While Ronaldo wears the standard UEFA "Respect" armband, Neuer wears a completely different rainbow armband. It is Neuer, however, not Ronaldo, who broke UEFA protocol. The German goalkeeper controversially wore a rainbow armband in several matches during the tournament in support of LGBT rights. His rainbow armband was not approved by UEFA, however, and the organization put the symbol under official review over concerns that it violated rules against on-field political statements. UEFA eventually approved Neuer’s use of the armband, saying that it represented diversity and was not inherently political.