Eto’o slams fans after Europa League racism incident
August 29th, 2012 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Ex-Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o hit out at fans who racially abused supporters of his Anzhi team at a Europa League game last week.Fans of Lokomotiv ... Read more...
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British-Indian model sues school for racism
July 25th, 2012 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 25 (IANS) A 35-year-old Indian-origin model-turned language teacher, who was once named one of Britain's top 20 hottest men, has sued his former school after the Indian national ... Read more...
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UEFA fines Russia and Spain over racism
June 29th, 2012 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
Nyon (Switzerland), June 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian and Spanish football federations have been fined 30,000 and 20,000 euros respectively for racist chanting by their fans at Euro 2012, UEFA ... Read more...
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Russia, Spain hit with UEFA charges of racism
June 26th, 2012 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian and Spanish football federations have both received UEFA charges relating to alleged racist chanting by fans at the Euro 2012.Russia's case relates to ... Read more...
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Indian-origin British TV star faces racist taunts
June 25th, 2012 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 25 (IANS) Indian-origin British television actress Shobna Gulati has said she was forced to quit micro-blogging website Twitter after suffering a stream of racist abuse.Internet users mutilated photos ... Read more...
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Racial abuse reported against Balotelli at Euro 2012
June 16th, 2012 - 7:50 am ICT by IANS
Poznan (Poland), June 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) As many as 500 Croatian fans shouted monkey chants at Italy striker Mario Balotelli and evidence has been passed to UEFA, according to the ... Read more...
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UEFA investigates Russian Euro 2012 fans (Lead)
June 10th, 2012 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) European football's governing body UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Russia for what it described as the "improper conduct of its supporters" during Friday's Euro ... Read more...
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Euro 2012: UEFA to probe Russian fans behaviour
June 10th, 2012 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian Football Union will face disciplinary proceedings by European soccer body UEFA following crowd disturbances and the use of pyrotechnics during and after Russia's ... Read more...
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Netherlands adjusts training after racist abuse by fans
June 7th, 2012 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
The Hague, June 7 (IANS) Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk adjusted his training in Krakow after hearing racist abuse from the stands.During the warm-up for the training in the Wisla ... Read more...
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Student jailed for offensive Muamba tweets
March 27th, 2012 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 27 (IANS) A Swansea University student was Tuesday jailed for 56 days after he posted offensive comments on Twitter about the on-pitch collapse of Bolton Wanderers midfielder Fabrice ... Read more...
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British schools send off 900 violent pupils each day
July 30th, 2011 - 12:06 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 30 (IANS) Schools across Britain temporarily send off around 900 violent and foul-mouthed students every day, while 65 are permanently expelled every week, says a new official report.The ... Read more...
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John Galliano’s Paris Fashion Week show scrapped
March 5th, 2011 - 2:31 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 05 (ANI): John Galliano's runway show at Paris Fashion Week has reportedly been called off.The cancellation of show comes after the scandal over the designer's alleged anti-Semitic remarks, reports the ... Read more...
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Kiwi Spanish resident complains of racist abuse
January 16th, 2011 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington (New Zealand), Jan.16 (ANI): New Zealand police are looking into a racial abuse complaint filed by a Spanish-origin child cancer researcher camping on conservation land.Lucia Alonso-Gonzalez, who was born in Spain, ... Read more...
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Quarter of a million students reported for ‘racism’ by UK teachers in a decade
September 24th, 2010 - 5:24 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 24 (ANI): UK teachers are reportedly being forced to report children as young as three to the authorities for using alleged 'racist' language under Race Relations Act 2000.Munira Mirza, ... Read more...
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Is Mel Gibson’s film career in danger?
July 3rd, 2010 - 2:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 3 (ANI): Mel Gibson's film career seems to be in danger after he spouted vile racist abuse at his ex-lover.Hollywood bosses say that his outburst against Oksana Grigorieva - ... Read more...
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Asian origin Bishop’s sons assaulted by racist mob in Britain
May 8th, 2010 - 6:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 8 (ANI): The sons of former Bishop of Rochester, Dr Michael Nazir Ali who is of Asian extraction, were reportedly chased and assaulted by a mob of about twenty young ... Read more...
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Victoria Police could be charged for racist abuse
March 19th, 2010 - 1:04 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Mar. 19 (ANI): Victoria Police officers are likely to be charged once an investigation into racism in the force is completed.The investigation was sparked off last year after the police watchdog ... Read more...
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Canadian employer fined $25,000 for racial abuse
February 18th, 2010 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Feb 18 (IANS) A Canadian employer has been fined $25,000 for calling his Pakistani-origin woman employee a 'Paki' and 'nigger.'Taunting the woman's two young sons as "half-nigger," he reportedly ... Read more...
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Pakistan team racially abused in New Zealand
December 15th, 2009 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
By Omar Khalid
Karachi, Dec 15 (IANS) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was Tuesday planning to lodge a formal complaint with the International Cricket Council (ICC) claiming the national team was racially abused ... Read more...
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Three Brit teens face jail for assault on Asian shopkeepers
October 24th, 2009 - 2:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct. 24 (ANI): Three teenage thugs face jail for launching two sickening racist attacks on Asian shopkeepers in Bristol, UK, in the space of just one hour.Twins Justin and Luke Lovedale, ... Read more...
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Indian wrestlers thrash two Australians in racism-linked brawl in Melbourne
October 5th, 2009 - 1:12 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Oct.5 (ANI): Melbourne Police is investigating whether racist abuse was behind a brawl in which two angry Indian wrestlers put two Australians into hospital.Police have confirmed two men, aged 25 and ... Read more...
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Indians wrestle `racist’ youths in Australia, two hurt
October 5th, 2009 - 12:24 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Oct 5 (IANS) A group of skaters, who allegedly hurled racist abuses at Indian wrestlers travelling in a car, got their "just desserts" in this Australian city after the Indians fought ... Read more...
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Redknapp calls for ’sicko’ racist abusers to be put behind bars
September 26th, 2009 - 12:17 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 26(ANI): Ahead of the Premier League game between Tottenham and Burnley on Saturday, Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has said that fans who hurl abuses at players and those who are ... Read more...
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Sikhs on motorway inferno subjected to racist abuse
August 4th, 2009 - 9:40 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 4 (IANS) A group of Sikh women and children who escaped a burning bus on a British highway last week were subjected to racist abuse by passing motorists, the ... Read more...
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British Airways pilot faced victimization for exposing racism against Asians
June 12th, 2009 - 4:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 12 (ANI): A British Airways pilot has alleged that his colleagues victimized him after he exposed the "canteen culture of racism" against Asians at the airline.Scotish pilot Douglas Maughan, ... Read more...
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OZ minister of Asian origin says racism confined to minority
May 31st, 2009 - 12:03 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, May 31 (ANI): Amid racial attacks on Indian students in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia's first Asian-born cabinet minister believes racism in the country is confined to a minority of people with ... Read more...
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Britain’s Black beauty queen racially abused
April 21st, 2009 - 1:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 21 (ANI): The British Police is investigating allegations of racist abuse against the newly crowned Miss Black Britain.Nigerian-born medical student Helen Lawal (23) from Pickering, North Yorkshire, was threatened ... Read more...
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Shilpa Shetty: Jade Goody made me a star
March 27th, 2009 - 1:07 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 27 (ANI): Indian actress Shilpa Shetty has credited late Jade Goody with making her a star in Britain.The Bollywood stunner and the TV celebrity appeared on Big Brother in ... Read more...
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Chelsea to probe Drogbas claim that he was a victim of race hate in Turin
March 12th, 2009 - 6:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar.12 (ANI): Footballer Didier Drogbas claim that he was subjected to racist abuse in Turin, is to be probed by his club Chelsea.
Drogba has claimed that he was subjected ... Read more...
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Ponting is not a complete batsman: Harbhajan
November 12th, 2008 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) Ricky Ponting might be regarded as one of the best modern day batsman, but his nemesis Harbhajan Singh feels otherwise.The off-spinner, who has always enjoyed an upper-hand ... Read more...
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Slur on sister? Welcome to the world of football sledging
November 4th, 2008 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 4 (IANS) Cricket sledging may look like the banter of giggly schoolgirls after revelations Tuesday about what international footballers say to each other in the heat of the moment.The British ... Read more...
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Mail pays libel damages to Materazzi over racism claims
November 4th, 2008 - 5:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 4 (ANI): Italian soccer star Marco Materazzi today accepted substantial undisclosed damages over Daily Mail articles which said that he has used vile racist abuse to French captain Zinedine ... Read more...
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FIFA to probe racism claims lodged by England squad
September 12th, 2008 - 3:13 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept.12 (ANI): England football chiefs have asked FIFA to investigate racist abuse towards Emile Heskey by Croatia fans. Monkey chants could be heard after Wigan striker Heskey was booked during ... Read more...
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Review ordered into British police probe of race attack
July 1st, 2008 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 1 (IANS) An urgent review has been ordered into why the British police took a month to launch an investigation into a racist attack on an Asian caterer who had ... Read more...
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Ishant penalised 15 percent of match fee
February 25th, 2008 - 4:04 pm ICT by admin
Sydney, Feb 25 (IANS) India's young fast bowler Ishant Sharma was penalised 15 percent of his match fee for being involved in an on-field altercation with Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds during the ... Read more...
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