In a meeting held this morning in Madrid, the Brazilian Ambassador to Spain Orlando Leite Ribeiro and LaLiga President Javier Tebas Medrano agreed that there is no place in today’s world for racist acts such as those that occurred on May 21st in Valencia, directed against Brazilian player Vinicius Júnior. …
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Intolerance and racism have no place in our football. LaLiga always condemns and acts upon any case of racist, xenophobic or violent insults and behaviour, both on and off the pitch, fully supporting Vinicius Jr. and any other player that were to suffer these attacks, as we have always done. …
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LaLiga is to request more sanctioning powers, with the aim of being more agile and effective in the fight against violence, racism, xenophobia, and intolerance in sport, where LaLiga has been leading the identification and reporting of such behaviour in football stadiums for years, but the organization feels powerless when …
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Full solidarity to Vinicius. There is no place for racism in football or in society and FIFA stands by all players who have found themselves in such a situation. Events during the match between Valencia and Real Madrid show that this needs to be the case. That is why the …
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Spanish giants Real Madrid reacted on Monday, May 22 to the incidence at Valencia CF last night and the reactions to the incidence! Real Madrid C.F. would like to express its gratitude for the countless expressions of love, solidarity and affection received from all over the world for our player …
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In light of the incidents that occurred during the Valencia CF – Real Madrid CF match at the Estadio de Mestalla, LaLiga have requested all available images in order to investigate what took place. Once the investigation has been completed, if any hate crime is identified, LaLiga will take the …
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Major League Soccer has suspended New York Red Bulls forward Dante Vanzeir for six MLS regular season games for the use of racist language during the New York Red Bulls match against the San Jose Earthquakes on April 8, 2023. Belgian Vanzeir is prohibited from participating in the Lamar Hunt …
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Italy’s Lega Serie A strongly condemns all forms of racism and discrimination. A few people in the stands cannot ruin the spectacle of football and they do not represent the thoughts of all of other the fans and supporters at the stadium, all of whom share the highest values of …
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“Mix in” – this was the motto of the “International Weeks against Racism” that took place throughout Germany in the last two weeks. Together with the project “90 Minutes Against the Right”, VfL Bochum 1848 organised an anti-racism workshop for two classes of the Heinrich-Böll-Gesamtschule. The school is a VfL …
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In January 2023, the Premier League Board commissioned an independent investigation into allegations made by a former consultant that he had suffered race discrimination in the workplace, and that the Premier League and certain employees had treated him less favourably as a result of the issues he raised. The independent …
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