The FA has confirmed the introduction of minimum five-game bans for players found guilty of racism, but the move has put them at loggerheads with anti-racism organisations, who are backing UEFA’s ten-game penalty.
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FIFA’s new anti-racism taskforce meets for the first time on Monday with proposals to give referees increased authority, and retrospective deduction of points from teams also expected to be debated
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The re-emergence of the ‘Rooney Rule’ debate this week found one strong supporter, and a former England international claiming the shortage of black managers in the game is not a race issue.
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UEFA are proposing an automatic ten-game ban for players and officials found guilty of racist behaviour.
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While racism is seen as making an unwelcome return to football, homophobia has never gone away.
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Kevin-Prince Boateng has called for players found guilty of racism to be sacked by their clubs and banned from representing their countries.
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Naveed Khan argues that the introduction of goal-line technology is being used by football’s governing bodies like FIFA as a smokescreen
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FIFA has been criticised by the organisation’s former advisors for its lack of transparency in the decisions to award the 2018 and 2022 World Cup Finals to Russia and Qatar.
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UEFA have ordered Lazio to play their next two European home games behind closed doors.
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Former Premiership referee Dermot Gallagher hosted a referee master class for media at St Georges Park, Burton.
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Liverpool’s last-32 Europa League encounter at Zenit is threatening to be overshadowed by racism from the home fans
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A campaign to prevent the staging of the Under 21 European Championships in Israel by pro-Palestinian campaigners has opened up the question of using football to further protests.
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