#racism-in-sports

#racism-in-sports

Real Madrid have banned a club member for performing the Nazi salute during the Champions League playoff second-leg against Benfica, a game already overshadowed by allegations of racism. Madrid said in a statement that it had urgently requested the club's disciplinary committee to start an immediate expulsion procedure for the member, who was caught on TV cameras doing the gesture in the stands before kickoff.

around 400 "ultras" showed up to the Nice training ground after the team returned from the airport and blocked the entrance, preventing the team bus from entering. Two fans entered the bus to verbally accost the team, and once the players disembarked, two were physically assaulted: Terem Moffi and Jérémie Boga have claimed that fans hit them, pulled their hair, and spat at them as they tried to make their way from the team bus into the training facilities.

TAMPERE, Finland -- Germany captain Dennis Schroder faced racial abuse during his team's 107-88 victory over Lithuania at EuroBasket on Saturday. The German Basketball Association said two people were identified as the alleged perpetrators of the abuse and they were subsequently ejected from the arena in Tampere, Finland. "You can insult me but monkey noises are something I don't respect or accept. Racism has no place in this sport," Schroder said. The Germany captain, who is Black, heard the noises while walking to the locker room, news agency dpa reported.

"I had it in DC with one of my players who got racially abused and he was crying on my chest. I was holding him as he was crying on my chest."

Last night at Anfield will stay with me forever - not because of one person's words, but because of how the entire football family stood together. To my Bournemouth team-mates who supported me in that moment, to the Liverpool players and fans who showed their true character, to the Premier League officials who handled it professionally - thank you. Football showed its best side when it mattered most.

On Sunday (20 July), she took to social media to share "a message to the fans", saying she had "experienced a lot of racial abuse" from the start of the tournament in Switzerland.

"In light of the injustice and falsehoods committed against Valencia CF fans, the Club has demanded in writing an immediate rectification from the documentary's production company regarding the events at Mestalla, which do not correspond to reality."