Soccer players face 5-game ban for racism
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Players making racist remarks or gestures could be banned for up to five matches, according to new UEFA disciplinary regulations announced Monday.
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Fulham striker Andy Cole has been handed a further three-match ban for abusive language and violent conduct during last month&#39;s stormy Premier League match at West Bromwich Albion.
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A female soccer player banned from league games with a men's team also was excluded Tuesday from an upcoming exhibition match.
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There were further examples of racist abuse as Real Madrid were brushed aside 3-0 by a rampant Barcelona in the Nou Camp. Englandâs black players Ashley Cole and Shaun Wright-Phillips were subjected to constant
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European soccer authorities opened an investigation into racist abuse by Spanish fans at this week's Champions League game.
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Valencia midfielder Miguel Angel Angulo was given a seven-match European ban by UEFA for misconduct in a Champions League soccer game last week, while his club received a 26,000-euro ($34,500) fine.
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Criminal charges have been laid against five Indiana Pacers basketball players and five fans over a brawl at an NBA game last month.
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VALENCIA midfielder Miguel Angel Angulo has been banned for seven matches by UEFA following incidents in their Champions&#39; League match with Werder Bremen last week.
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The British government condemned racist taunts by fans in Spain aimed at black players on England&#39;s team during an exhibition game, and soccer&#39;s governing body ordered an investigation Thursday.
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World soccer's governing body fined Spain's national federation $87,000 for racist taunting by its fans during matches against England.
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Ron Artest was suspended for the rest of the season Sunday and two of his Indiana Pacers teammates must miss a total of 55 games for fighting with fans in a melee that broke out at the end of a game against the Detroit Pistons.
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A fan was fined 1,000 pounds (1,880) and banned from soccer grounds for the maximum five years on Wednesday when he pleaded guilty to racially abusing Birmingham striker Dwight Yorke.
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A football fan was banned from attending matches in England and Wales for five years and fined Â£1,000 yesterday after he admitted racially abusing the Birmingham City player Dwight Yorke.
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A SOCCER fan was fined $2400 and banned from soccer grounds for the maximum five years yesterday when he pleaded guilty to racially abusing Birmingham City striker Dwight Yorke.
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Tottenham&#39;s Mauricio Taricco has been banned by the Football Association for three matches over an incident in April&#39;s game with Chelsea.
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Two soccer fans were fined &#36;7,900 by Spanish authorities and banned from stadiums for five months for making racial taunts against a star player for Barcelona.
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TONY EASTLEY: There&#39;s a debate raging within the world of international soccer following last week&#39;s racist heckling by Spanish fans of black players in the English team.