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  • CSKA Moscow punished for fans' racial abuse

    CSKA Moscow will play Bayern Munich in a partly closed stadium as punishment for fans racially abusing Manchester City players at a Champions League match.

    LAST UPDATE : Oct 30, 2013, 2:39 PM EDT
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  • UEFA probes handling of CSKA incident

    UEFA President Michel Platini has ordered an investigation after a Champions League referee failed to follow guidelines and stop a match to warn Russian fans about racist abuse.

    LAST UPDATE : Oct 25, 2013, 10:41 AM EDT
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  • UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino speaks during the Soccerex European Forum in Manchester, north-west England, on April 10, 2013. Soccerex is a football business event, conference and exhibition.
    Soccer proposes 10-game race abuse ban

    UEFA is proposing tough sanctions against racism in soccer, including a minimum 10-match ban for players or officials found guilty of abuse.

    LAST UPDATE : Apr 10, 2013, 3:15 PM EDT
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  • A red card for Spain’s soccer clubs

    The Spanish soccer debt bomb could explode: the teams from La Liga owe $975 million to the Spanish tax authorities but the European Commission wants to halt public funding and defuse the bomb. Europe,European Commission,European Union,football,Joaquín Almunia,La Liga,Mariano Rajoy,Michel Platini,Popular Party,regional government,UEFA,Valencia CF,Alex Erquicia

    Published Date : Apr 09, 2013, 5:54 PM EDT
  • Soccer struggles to control match-fixing as billions flow into the pockets of organized crime
    Soccer struggles to control match-fixing

    Soccer is falling under a cloud of suspicion as never before, sullied by a multibillion-dollar web of match-fixing that is corrupting increasingly larger parts of the world's most popular sport.

    LAST UPDATE : Feb 12, 2013, 2:53 PM EST
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  • Serbian players, in red shirts, clash with England players, during their 2013 European Under-21 Championship play-off, Second leg match, in Krusevac, Serbia, Tuesday, Oct .16, 2012. England Under-21s claimed their place at Euro 2013 amid unsavoury scenes during their qualifying play-off in Serbia. Players appeared to be pelted with missiles after Connor Wickham struck in injury time of the second leg to book England's trip to next summer's finals in Israel.
    Serbian soccer fans putting team at risk

    The racial abuse that black English players suffered during a soccer match in Serbia wasn't the first time such problems have occurred at the hands of Serbian fans.

    LAST UPDATE : Dec 10, 2012, 10:30 AM EST
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