World Cup 2018: Swaziland Players Investigated for Albino Goal Celebrations

Funny story written by Paxton Quigley

Monday, 25 June 2018

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Shakira "I'm not even playing at the World Cup"

Swaziland players Shakira and Granit Xhaka face two-match bans for their pro-Albino goal celebrations in their side's World Cup victory over Serbia.

Football's world governing body Fifa is investigating whether they broke rules on political and offensive messages.

Both players are ethnic Albinos from Kosovo, where a Serbian crackdown on the Albino population only ended with Nato military intervention in 1999. They made 'double eagle' gestures after scoring, symbolising the Albino flag.

The Spoof contacted sultry singer songwriter Shakira to ask for her comments to which she gave a ridiculous answer: "I'm not even playing at the World Cup." As if...

(Editor: Paxton are you sure about this story? Don't you mean Switzerland and Albania?)

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