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French people looked to their soccer stars to fix the country's racism problem. They were bound to be disappointed.
French soccer stars have spoken out against the police killing of a 17-year-old. French state actor…
Azmi Haroun
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People who post racist abuse against soccer players will be banned from attending games in the UK for up to 10 years, UK Home Secretary says
"Racism is unacceptable and for too long football has been marred by this shameful prejudice," UK H…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Hungary soccer fans pelted a Black England player with cups and reportedly shouted racist chants at him after he scored
ITV journalist Gabriel Clarke reported that fans made monkey sounds and gestures at two Black Engla…
Jake Epstein,Tyler Lauletta
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An Italian women's soccer team posted an image of one of its players making a racist gesture against Asian people
The photo featured the player wearing a training cone on her head and pulling her eyes with her fin…
Azmi Haroun
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Usain Bolt said the racist abuse against Black English soccer players who missed penalty kicks is 'unfair'
Usain Bolt spoke out against the racist remarks against a trio of Black soccer players that missed …
Jackson Thompson
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US Soccer removed former Paralympic team captain Seth Jahn from the athletes' council after racist speech
The US Soccer Federation's athletes council expelled former US Soccer Paralympic team captain Seth …
Jackson Thompson
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A Black soccer player stared down the opposition as he took the knee after a racist abuse scandal - then bagged 2 goals
Arsenal captain Alexandre Lacazette was responding to an incident in which a Prague player racially…
Will Martin
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Israeli soccer team whose notorious fans chant 'death to the Arabs' set to be bought by sheikh from Abu Dhabi for $100m
A member of Abu Dhabi's ruling family is in advanced talks to buy a major stake in Beitar Jerusalem…
Joshua Zitser
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All but one of the US women's soccer starters knelt to protest racism ahead of the team's Olympic bronze-medal match
While the whole team stood during the national anthem, all players except Carli Lloyd knelt just be…
Meredith Cash
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Soccer's aggressive attacks on the breakaway Super League are in sharp contrast to its insipid responses to racism in the sport
UEFA took two weeks to ban a player for an on-field racist incident, but immediately said plans for…
Barnaby Lane
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A Black soccer player was booed by a crowd of 10,000 children who had been brought in to replace fans banned from the stadium over crowd racism
Rangers' midfielder Glen Kamara was racially abused by Slavia Prague's Ondrej Kudela during a match…
Barnaby Lane
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Royal fans call Prince William a hypocrite for speaking against racism in soccer after failing to publicly support Meghan Markle
Meghan Markle started trending after William supported England players facing racism. Will previous…
Mikhaila Friel
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Facebook employees are reportedly begging the company to do more about racist comments attacking English soccer players after the team lost the Euro Cup final
Employees are frustrated with Facebook as racist comments and monkey emojis fill two Black players'…
Katie Canales
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Damning report paints the owner of Real Salt Lake and Utah Royals as a 'f------ racist' and 'Donald Sterling part 2,' and players want him gone
In a damning report from The Athletic, a former RSL employee said Hansen publicly used the n-word a…
Meredith Cash
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A Black soccer player tweeted out racist messages he received before a game, including photos of the KKK and threats
Wilfried Zaha of Crystal Palace released a slew of racist direct messages he received before a game…
Gabbi Shaw
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World Cup icon Lilian Thuram says soccer doesn't protect Black players against racism. Now he's on a mission to start an organization that will.
"As a general rule, the institutions do not protect victims of racism," Thuram, a legendary figure …
Barnaby Lane
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Soccer players in England celebrated by taking the knee after scoring against a team whose fans booed the anti-racism gesture last weekend
Ilias Chair and Bright Osayi-Samuel took the knee in front of Millwall fans after the former had pu…
Barnaby Lane
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Soccer fans shouted racist chants at Real Madrid star Vinicius Jr. — and La Liga's president responded in the worst way possible
Valencia fans called Real Madrid star Vinicius Jr. a "monkey" and make racist gestures. La Liga's p…
Rebecca Cohen
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PSG gave Istanbul Basaksehir coach Pierre Webo a special jersey as a token of unity against racism after the abandoned game between the teams resumed
Before the game resumed, players from both teams wore specially made 'No to racism' jerseys and too…
Barnaby Lane
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Megan Rapinoe offered a tearful call to action after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade
The US Women's National Team superstar and activist became emotional and issued a tearful plea to "…