{"id":1683867,"date":"2022-10-11T15:08:59","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T19:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1683867"},"modified":"2022-10-11T15:09:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T19:09:47","slug":"soccer-mexico-tells-fans-not-to-bring-iconic-lucha-libre-masks-to-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soccer-mexico-tells-fans-not-to-bring-iconic-lucha-libre-masks-to-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Soccer-Mexico tells fans not to bring iconic \u2018Lucha Libre\u2019 masks to World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsoccer-mexico-tells-fans-not-to-bring-iconic-lucha-libre-masks-to-world-cup%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1683867&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>By Angelica Medina<\/p>\n<p>MEXICO CITY (Reuters) \u2013     Mexico fans have been advised by their government not to wear their colourful \u2018Lucha Libre\u2019 wrestling masks at World Cup matches in Qatar to comply with local rules.  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\">\n<\/div>\n<p>Alfonso Zegbe of the country\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) asked fans not to wear the masks at the World Cup, citing guidance from the tournament\u2019s organising committee, although organisers told Reuters there was no such policy in place.<\/p>\n<p>The masks of classic fighters, such as \u2018El Santo\u2019 and \u2018Blue Demon\u2019, are popular among Mexico fans, who routinely wear them at international competitions such as the World Cup and the Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe latest update from the Organising Committee is that (wrestling) masks will not be allowed,\u201d Zegbe, the SRE\u2019s executive director of Strategy and Public Diplomacy, told ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is important to coordinate with them, tell them that it is the Mexican (tradition) and it\u2019s possible that they will not say anything or they will say, \u2018please take them off\u2019. That is why it is recommended not to wear masks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reuters has contacted the SRE for further details.<\/p>\n<p>However, Qatar\u2019s World Cup organisers, the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC), told Reuters there was no policy prohibiting masks at the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFull face masks, such as the famous Mexican wrestling masks, would obviously have to be removed for security reasons heading into a stadium,\u201d the SC wrote in an emailed statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is no different to a medical mask being requested to be lowered by security, something that we have all witnessed and experienced due to Covid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere has been no policy set in place or communicated to say fans won\u2019t be allowed to wear such masks in any of Qatar\u2019s World Cup stadiums or other locations in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look forward to welcoming as many Mexican fans as possible next month.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to world soccer\u2019s governing body FIFA, Mexico will have one of the biggest fan contingents at the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Mexico are in Group C where they will face Poland, Argentina and Saudi Arabia. Their first match is against Poland on Nov. 22.<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Angelica Medina in Mexico City; Editing by Toby Davis)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/soccer-mexico-tells-fans-not\/attachment\/file-photo-fans-of-mexico-wearing-mexican-lucha-libre-wrestling\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI9A111-BASEIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI9A111-BASEIMAGE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Angelica Medina MEXICO CITY (Reuters) \u2013 Mexico fans have been advised by their government not to wear their colourful \u2018Lucha Libre\u2019 wrestling masks at World Cup matches in Qatar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1889703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1683867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_finder_url":"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/sports\/soccer-mexico-tells-fans-not\/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=soccer-mexico-tells-fans-not","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1683867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1683867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1683867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1889703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1683867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1683867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1683867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}