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Police hunt robbers after attack on taxi driver
A 41-year-old taxi driver has been racially abused and assaulted and left with swelling and bruising to his eye after a robbery by two White passengers in Portsmouth.
20 October 2008 (external article)
scotsman Footballer battles for two years to prove racist abuse
Black footballer Dan Gerrard has won his fight to prove that he was subjected to racial abuse during a game in 2006. The Scottish FA had initially found the incident 'not proven'.
4 August 2008 (external article)
this is hampshire Text service to fight racial abuse between young footballers
Hampshire Football Association and the group "Racism Just Ain't Sainty" are thinking of creating a scheme for young footballers suffering racial abuse to report it by text message.
30 July 2008 (external article)
guardian Complaints about many 'foreign' players in English national team
The Premier League chairman has declared that the number of foreign players in the national football team is undermining the national spirit. He faces criticism for his comments.
11 June 2008 (external article)
stoke sentinel Football man suspended over BNP links
An honorary vice president of Staffordshire Football Association has been suspended for three years after standing for the BNP in local elections.
10 June 2008 (external article)
independent Non-EU football stars will have to take English test
Footballers and managers from outside the EU will have to pass an English test before they are allowed to work in the UK under new immigration rules. They will have to demonstrate a basic knowledge of English before they are granted work visas.
8 May 2008 (external article)
middlesborough evening gazette Woman banned for racism at football match
An unnamed 44-year-old woman has been banned from Middlesborough's Riverside stadium for home games after racially abusing Black players at a match against Wigan.
15 April 2008 (external article)
plymouth herald Basketball coach banned for racism
Basket ball coach Leigh Robinson has been banned from the sport for three-and-half-years after racially abusing an opposition player.
11 March 2008 (external article)
medway messenger Suspended sentence for attack on family
Benjamin Ferrell has received an eight-month sentence suspended for 18-months after pleading guilty to racially aggravated assault on a Portuguese family after England lost to Portugal in the World Cup.
10 March 2008 (external article)
guardian Police launch investigation into Grant death threats
Police have confirmed that anti-Semitic death threats were sent to the Chelsea manager, Avram Grant, in a package containing a mysterious powder.
21 February 2008 (external article)
this is gloucestershire Bans for four football hooligans
Four Millwall supporters, aged from 17-34, have been banned from football matches for three years and ordered to pay compensation for a vicious racist attack after a match in Cheltenham.
10 January 2008 (external article)
bbc news Statue campaign for Black footballer
A campaign has begun in Darlington to honour the first Black professional footballer Arthur Wharton.
13 December 2007 (external article)
independent Watford FC footballer facing deportation
Professional footballer, Al Bangura, faces deportation to Sierra Leone after he lost his case at the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.
12 December 2007 (external article)
independent Arsenal fans sue over clubs' failure to stop racist chanting
Three Arsenal season ticket holders - a Jew, a Christian and a Muslim - have instructed a lawyer to begin proceedings against Arsenal FC over its alleged failure to stop anti-Semitic chanting.
14 November 2007 (external article)
liverpool echo Councillor keeps job despite making racist comments
David Phythian, a councillor in West Lancashire, has evaded suspension from the council despite making racist comments about a Black footballer because he was 'off-duty' at the time the comments were made.
22 October 2007 (external article)
guardian 'Irony' of UK support for Black F1 driver
The Spanish Motorsport Federation president has told a newspaper that it is ironic that a racist country such as Britain was relying on a Black driver, Lewis Hamilton, to win the world championship.
18 October 2007 (external article)
rochdale observer Football supporters attack elderly Asian couple
An elderly Asian couple, aged 64 and 73, were attacked by a gang of football supporters in Rochdale an hour before a match between Rochdale and Bury. The couple were abused, spat on and had lager sprayed on them.
11 October 2007 (external article)
guardian Cricket race claims dropped by umpire
The umpire Darrell Hair has dropped his claims of racial discrimination against the International Cricket Council. An agreement has been reached which will see the umpire enter 'a period of rehabilitation'.
11 October 2007 (external article)
cambridge evening news Teenage gang sought in connection with series of racist attacks
Police are searching for a gang of teenagers, aged 15-18, in connection with three separate attacks on Eastern Europeans in Huntingdon. The gang racially abused their victims and in one attack beat a man with a table leg.
10 October 2007 (external article)
totally jewish Racism and Chelsea FC
Chelsea fans are being warned and lawyers are monitoring newspaper reports for racist overtones directed at Avram Grant the new Chelsea manager.
4 October 2007 (external article)
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