The football world has been united in its condemnation of monkey chants from Inter Milan fans towards Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly, with prominent figures including Mo Salah insisting racism has “no place” in the game. READ MORE: Inter Milan to play two games behind closed doors following racist slurs from stands Koulibaly, who is currently one of […]
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‘No brainpower’: Chelsea hit out at own fans for anti-Semitic chants at Europa League game
Chelsea football club have condemned a section of their own fans after they were heard making anti-Semitic chants during the team’s trip to Hungary to face MOL Vidi in the Europa League. A small group among the estimated 1,200 Chelsea fans at the Groupama Arena in Budapest were reportedly heard chanting “Barcelona, Real Madrid, Tottenham […]
‘No brainpower’: Chelsea hit out at own fans for anti-Semitic chants at Europa League game
Chelsea football club have condemned a section of their own fans after they were heard making anti-Semitic chants during the team’s trip to Hungary to face MOL Vidi in the Europa League. A small group among the estimated 1,200 Chelsea fans at the Groupama Arena in Budapest were reportedly heard chanting “Barcelona, Real Madrid, Tottenham […]
Chelsea condemn anti-Semitic chants during Europa League clash – statement released
The events came on the back of Saturday’s incident at Stamford Bridge which saw England star Raheem Sterling abused during the 2-0 win. Four fans were identified and suspended by the Blues who are likely to slap similar punishments on fans found guilty of any wrongdoing in Budapest. Chelsea and the Metropolitan Police opened investigations […]
Fighting talk: Rival fans troll Khabib’s football team with chants of ‘Conor McGregor’ (VIDEO)
Fans of Russian club Zenit St. Petersburg knew the perfect way to rile supporters of Anzhi Makhachkala in their game at the weekend, chanting the name of UFC star Conor McGregor – who soon fights local hero Khabib Nurmagomedov. Dagestani-born Nurmagomedov is a huge football fan and a big supporter of local team Anzhi, who […]
FIFA investigates England over ‘possible discriminatory chants’ by fans during World Cup semi-final
FIFA has opened an investigation into “possible discriminatory chants” by England fans during their team’s World Cup semi-final defeat to Croatia in Moscow on Wednesday. FIFA released a statement the following day saying that it would launch disciplinary proceedings against the English Football Association over the alleged chants. Read more “We can confirm that […]
Warriors fans troll JR Smith with ‘MVP’ chants and signs
Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images Golden State Warriors fans trolled JR Smith early in Game 2 of the NBA Finals. The fans chanted “MVP!” during Smith’s first free throw attempt of Game 2. Fans also held signs proclaiming Smith the MVP and also gave him the loudest ovation of any player — including Warriors players — during […]
The fierce and creepy chants of the North Korea cheer squad are stealing the show at the Winter Olympics (and they’ll go to prison if they do anything wrong)
REUTERS/Ahn Young-joon/Pool North Korea’s official cheer squad is making its presence felt at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. They watched Switzerland’s ice hockey team demolish a unified all-Korea team 8-0, but that didn’t get in the way of their fierce, highly choreographed singing and waving. These are not like cheerleaders in any other kind […]
UEFA charges Spartak Moscow with racism after alleged monkey chants at Liverpool youth game
Published time: 4 Oct, 2017 12:25 UEFA has begun disciplinary proceedings against Spartak Moscow after accusations their fans racially abused Liverpool player Bobby Adekanye with monkey chants during a youth game. Spartak Moscow II played Liverpool under-18s, managed by former club captain Steven Gerrard, on Tuesday, September 26, before the two senior sides met at […]
FIFA fines German football association over ‘Sieg Heil!’ Nazi fan chants
Published time: 2 Oct, 2017 18:03 FIFA has fined the German football association (DFB) after a group of fans sang Nazi chants at a German national team match against Czech Republic. World football’s governing body fined the DFB 32,000 Swiss francs ($ 33,000) after finding the organization guilty of “improper conduct” following crowd trouble during […]