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Stoke City FC has begun an investigation into the discovery of a pig’s head in Kenwyne Jone’s locker.
Charles Green, the chief executive of Glasgow Rangers, has been criticised by campaign group Show Racism the Red Card for using ‘racist and offensive language’.
The IRR’s free weekly email on race and refugee issues.
An anti-racist group has raised concerns over the appointment of the self-confessed fascist Paolo Di Canio as the manager of Sunderland A.F.C.
A study on racism amongst football fans by Staffordshire University has found that eight out of ten fans either witnessed or experienced racism at matches last year.
The IRR’s free weekly email on race and refugee issues.
An Asian man who was racially abused and viciously assaulted on a packed Manchester tram has said that none of the passengers intervened or helped him after the attack.
The IRR’s free weekly email on race and refugee issues.
The Football Association has agreed a series of measures to respond to racism in the game, including mandatory ‘cultural’ lessons for foreign players and sanctions for clubs that don’t respond to racist incidents.
An overview of racist attacks and convictions over the last three months.
The chairman of Kick It Out, has stepped down from the FA Council, criticising the FA, the Premier League, Liverpool and Chelsea for their handling of this year’s high profile racist abuse incidents.
The racial abuse of a ‘mixed race’ football player during an Ulster Club final on 2 December in Northern Ireland has triggered an investigation by the Gaelic Athletic Association.
A football fan has been banned from Brighton and Hove Albion's Amex stadium after using racist language during a game against Leeds United on 2 November.
Police have dropped an investigation into claims that football referee Mark Clattenburg racially abused a Chelsea player last month. An FA investigation is still ongoing.
Below we reproduce a letter by the IRR's A. Sivanandan, published in the Guardian on the recent controversy surrounding the charity Kick it Out.
Reading FC striker Jason Roberts has revealed that 30 former and current players lobbied the Professional Footballers’ Association over failures to act on several recommendations tabled following the Luis Suarez and John Terry controversies a year ago.
This October Kick it Out, football's anti-racism campaign, is encouraging action against racism.
The FA has found John Terry guilty of racially abusing Anton Ferdinand. He has been ordered to serve a four-match ban and fined £220,000.
Below we reproduce a statement from Kick It Out in response to the findings of a report by the Commons' Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) select committee.
After conducting an inquiry into racism in football, a parliamentary committee has raised concerns that recruitment into senior positions in the game favours white candidates, and urges stronger leadership from the sport’s governing bodies.
Gillingham FC has appealed a tribunal ruling which found the club guilty of racial victimisation in its treatment of Mark McCammon. The former player claimed that he was refused treatment for an injury and that he and other black players were treated differently from white players.
Norwich fan Luke O’Donoughoe, 22, has been banned from football matches for life and is being investigated by police after allegedly posting racist comments on Twitter. The ban is thought to be the first of its kind in the country.
Laurie Cunningham, Brendon Batson and Cyrille Regis, three ex-West Bromwich Albion footballers, have had a statue built in their honour for inspiring a generation of black footballers.
The run-up to the Olympics has seen the Metropolitan Police and the London Evening Standard reinvigorate efforts to disperse homeless Roma from central London’s streets.
Feb 21 2013
Spotlight on racial violence: January-February 2013
An overview of racist attacks and convictions over the last two months.
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