LONDON: Officials running the European Football Championship have announced that they will stop placing bottles of beer in front of Muslim players.
The decision comes after French star Paul Pogba moved the tournament’s sponsor drink during a press conference last week.
Pogba, a devout Muslim, removed the Heineken bottle from in front of him during a post-match press conference after his French national team defeated Germany.
Teams, managers and players will now be asked beforehand whether they object to having a bottle of Heineken 0.0 — an alcohol-free variant of the popular Dutch beer — on the podium on religious grounds, the Daily Telegraph reported.
It is forbidden in Islam to consume alcohol.
