UEFA rejected the mayor of Munich’s request to light up the Allianz Arena in rainbow colours for Germany’s match against Hungary.Dieter Reiter said he wanted to use the colours of the Pride flag in protest against Hungary’s record on LGBT rights, citing legislation banning gay people appearing in educational materials for under-18s.Uefa said it had to decline the request because of its ‘political context’, which the mayor said was ‘shameful’. As it stuck to its guns and defended the decision, the body changed its Twitter icon to one using Pride colours.