Adidas has banned football fans from buying German football kits customised with the number 44, after media raised their resemblance to the symbol used by World War Two-era Nazi SS units.

was forced to ban fans from buying German football kits customised with the number 44, after media raised their resemblance to the symbol used by World War Two-era Nazi SS units. The SS was ...

(JTA) — The new line of German soccer jerseys by Adidas ... of the number 44 resembled the infamous Nazi SS lightning bolt symbol. The German Football Association, or DFB, shared in a statement ...