England choose to defy FIFA by wearing poppies on armbands

Theresa May labelled the world governing body's stance "utterly outrageous".

England players will wear black armbands bearing poppies in the November 11 World Cup qualifier against Scotland, despite FIFA general secretary Fatma Samoura's insistence that no exceptions would be made by the world governing body.

The game's laws state that players' equipment should not carry any commercial, political or religious messages, and FIFA has stuck to its guns, with Samoura earlier on Wednesday evening warning Theresa May not to interfere after the Prime Minister labelled the world governing body's stance "utterly outrageous".