La Liga has clarified its stance on an alleged racist incident in a Spanish top tier football match following a public backlash. Midway through the second half of the match between Espanyol and Mallorca earlier, the fitness coach of the Balearic island team — Dani Pastor — was caught on camera pulling his eyes back…… MORE
Porto striker Moussa Marega walked off the pitch during a match against Vitoria de Guimaraes Sunday after he was subjected to racist abuse from opposition fans. The 28-year-old pushed away teammates, who were trying to calm Marega down, as he tried to leave the game in Portugal’s top-flight, just nine minutes after he scored what…… MORE
Next month’s Tokyo Marathon has been restricted to elite athletes only following the novel coronavirus outbreak, organizers said Monday. Scheduled to take place on March 1, it is one of the biggest marathon events in the world. Over 37,000 people took to the start line of last year’s event. But after a number of cases…… MORE
Football fans in Germany united on Sunday to chant “Nazis out” as a single fan who made monkey noises at a black player was identified and removed from the ground during a third tier match. In the closing stages of Preussen Munster’s match against Wurzburger Kickers, Kickers’ Ghanaian defender Leroy Kwadwo stopped proceedings to point…… MORE
A BBC soccer pundit who suggested “young, black lads” at Championship side Derby County “need pulling down a peg or two” will no longer be employed by the broadcaster. Craig Ramage, who played for Derby in the 1980s and 90s, was speaking on the BBC’s Sportscene Podcast released Saturday. Ramage drew criticism from 22-year-old Derby…… MORE
It’s a story of flight and resilience to become a professional footballer in one of European football’s top leagues. Of having to work three times as hard as other players because you’re “African.” And having succeeded in fulfilling that ambition not forgetting about those who have made that journey from Africa in search of a…… MORE
Bayern Munich’s prolific Robert Lewandowski added his name to the Bundesliga record books by becoming only the second player in the history of the German top division to score 23 goals in the opening 22 games of the season. The striker, 31, scored in the third minute of Bayern Munich’s 4-1 win over FC Koln…… MORE
Israel Folau’s debut for rugby league side Catalans Dragons sparked controversy after a visiting fan claimed she was asked to remove a rainbow flag during the match. Castleford fan Alison Grey posted on social media during the game in Perpignan that she was initially asked to take down a flag she had displayed in support…… MORE
He has been described as the athlete to take over the mantle of track and field’s greatest star from Usain Bolt. And at the Indoor Grand Prix in Glasgow, Armand Duplantis showed why fans are excited about what the 20-year-old might achieve. Last weekend in Poland, the US-born Swede cleared 6.17 meters in the pole…… MORE
What started with claims in a German magazine has resulted in Manchester City being banned from European club competitions for two seasons and fined $32.5 million. UEFA’s decision to punish the reigning English Premier League champion after it found the club had committed “serious breaches” of the European governing body’s club licensing and financial fair…… MORE
