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UEFA turn down request for stadium to be lit up in rainbow colours in protest against Hungary’s anti-gay policy

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Munich's City Council want the Allianz Arena to look like this on Wednesday nightCredit: Getty

UEFA have turned down a request from the mayor of Munich for the city's stadium to be lit up in rainbow colours for Wednesday's Euro 2020 match between Germany and Hungary.

Munich mayor Dieter Reiter had said he wanted to light up the stadium in the colours in protest against a new law in Hungary that bans the dissemination of content in schools deemed to promote homosexuality and gender change.

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