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Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur has been banned for seven matches, after the Uruguayan was filmed mocking Tottenham teammate and captain Heung-Min Son, with a racial slur. The incident that occurred on Uruguayan TV Channel Canal 10 in June, had been under review by the FA since September. Bentancur has now been punished with a […]
This is the stance taken by many clubs throughout the country as the return of fans brought opposition to the Black Lives Matter movement. Since the killing of George Floyd in America earlier this year, which sparked worldwide support for the BLM movement, many athletes have been taking the knee before competing. The symbolic action […]
Teams across the English football pyramid will boycott social media, starting this Friday at 3pm until 11.59pm on Monday 3 May. The boycott is in response to the consistent online racist abuse that players are suffering, with Kyle Walker the latest victim following Manchester City’s Carabao Cup victory yesterday afternoon. Teams from the Premier League, […]
Cheltenham Town will not currently be investigating accusations of racial abuse from Port Vale fans. The newly formed 1887 Red Army were seen to react angrily during the League Two fixture on Saturday after chants were aimed towards them from certain sets of away supporters. However, it appears that the abusive chants had began outside […]
If UEFA dealt with racism as strictly as they do with financial fair play, then the beautiful game wouldn’t be so ugly. Manchester City were fined 30 million euros on Friday by UEFA for ‘serious breaches of financial fair play’. They were also handed a two-year ban from competing in the Champions League. Although City […]