Major Soccer League side, LA Galaxy has strongly denounced racial abuse targeting their winger, Joseph Paintsil. Despite his stellar performance during their match against Los Angeles FC, Paintsil was subjected to derogatory comments on his official Instagram page. Fans from both LA FC and LA Galaxy swiftly came together to condemn this unacceptable behaviour. In […]
Asante Kotoko’s head coach, Dr. Prosper Narteh Ogum, has been charged with misconduct and verbal abuse of match officials following the Premier League game against Aduana FC. The charges, as per the Ghana Football Association (GFA) disciplinary code of 2019 and the GFA Premier League Regulations of 2019, fall under section 12(1)(i) and section 34(6)(d) […]
The Authority for the Prevention and Combating Violence in Sport (APCVD) is investigating a case of racial harassment against Ghana international football player Emmanuel Boateng. The incident happened during a league game between Vitória S.C. and Rio Ave in week 15 of the Liga Portugal 22/23 season. Boateng was allegedly subjected to racial slurs from […]
Video of the incident has gone viral on social media during the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) pre-match news conference for the quarter-final match against Croatia. Vinicius Jr. and his press officer were on hand to address journalists’ questions. While they were discussing the upcoming encounter, a cat stormed into the room and climbed on the […]
A former North Carolina State soccer player sued the school in federal court Tuesday, saying he was sexually abused for years by the Wolfpack’s former director of sports medicine under the guise of treatment. The lawsuit filed by Benjamin Locke accuses Robert Murphy Jr. of improperly touching his genitals during roughly 75 to 100 massages […]
Hwang joined Wolves from RB Leipzig Wolves say they are “very disappointed” after forward Hwang Hee-chan suffered “discriminatory abuse” from SC Farense fans in a pre-season friendly. Hwang earned his side a draw in Portugal courtesy of a penalty after the Midlands side had gone behind to a Christian Ponde goal. South Korea international Hwang […]
FIFA and Fifpro is set to roll out a social media moderation tool to combat online abuse targeted at Black Stars players at the 2022 World Cup. A recently published independent report commissioned by soccer’s global governing body used artificial intelligence (AI) to track more than 400,000 social media posts during the latter stages of the Euro 2020 […]
Brentford’s Ivan Toney and Rico Henry said their families were subject to racial abuse during Sunday’s Premier League clash vs. Everton. Visionhaus/Getty Images Everton are helping police identify fans accused of racially abusing the families of Brentford striker Ivan Toney and defender Rico Henry during Sunday’s Premier League clash at Goodison Park. Henry scored the winner […]
Everton have been quick to send their support on Sunday evening, after two members of Thomas Frank’s Brentford squad confirmed that they were subjected to racial abuse during the meeting between the clubs earlier today. Word of the unsavoury scenes on Merseyside were first brought to the attention of the masses by Brentford hitman […]
Premier League side Arsenal is investigating homophobic abuse from fans during Saturday’s 2-1 defeat at the hands of Brighton. A section of the club fans was not happy with how their team played and according to the BBC, two supporters were ejected from Emirates Stadium during the game. In a statement, Arsenal said: “We will […]
