Brazil scrap red WC jersey amid political outcry

The head of Brazil’s football federation on Tuesday said he had nixed the much-derided idea of the national team wearing red — the color associated with the ruling leftist party — in the 2026 World Cup, which will take place months ahead of elections.

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The controversy emerged back in April in a press leak that the national side would don red shirts made by Nike for its away jersey in the tournament next year.

Red is the color of the Workers Party of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, while supporters of right-wing former president Jair Bolsonaro tend to wear Brazil's traditional colors of green and yellow at political rallies.