A British football fan has been arrested and detained in the United Arab Emirates after he wore a Qatar football shirt to a match.
The fan, Ali Issa Ahmad is said to have been unaware of a law in the UAE against “showing sympathy” for Qatar, which was brought in following a diplomatic dispute after they accused the state of supporting radical and Islamist groups.
The UAE Embassy in London, however, claims that Mr Ahmad was not arrested for wearing the football shirt, and was charged with wasting police time and “making false claims” of assault at the hands of police.