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image source via the telegraph: “Anton is my little brother,” he said. “We have grown up together and I looked after him when we were kids. "If something is going to affect him and hurt him, I am always there as a shoulder to lean on. In moments like this, when things are so public and you can’t really say anything, it can be ...

via Guardian Police are investigating reports that the Newcastle United striker Shola Ameobi has become the target of racist abuse on Facebook. The club's officials contacted Northumbria police after the 30-year-old was alleged to have been the focus of abusive comments on the site, which have since been deleted. A Newcastle spokeswoman ...

via Chelsea Chelsea Football Club is concerned to hear that a small number of fans travelling back by train from Norwich were alleged to be involved in racist chants and comment. We are working to help the relevant authorities identify those responsible and will take the strongest possible action should these allegations prove to be true. The ...

via ESPN Edgar Davids has hit out at fellow Ajax supervisory board member Johan Cruyff for his failure to apologise for an alleged racist remark. The issue has dominated in Holland over the past week, with Davids reiterating his criticism of Cruyff in a television interview. Cruyff is alleged to have told the former Barcelona and AC Milan ...

via Guardian Johan Cruyff has attempted to explain an allegedly racist comment he made towards Edgar Davids by claiming he was referring to the multicultural make-up of Ajax, the club whose supervisory board the pair sit on. During a television interview on Sunday, Davids alluded to racist treatment during a meeting of the board and, although ...

Sepp Blatter's comments may cause Emirates Airlines to pull sponsorship The Daily Mail is reporting that: "A day when Prime Minister David Cameron condemned Blatter and Minister for Sport Hugh Robertson called for him to stand down, claiming that 'for the sake of the game he should go', the airline Emirates told Sportsmail they may not renew their ...

Rio Ferdinand v. Sepp Blatter, who ya got?! As FIFA President Sepp Blatter was flat out denying racism in the game of soccer, and then vowing to fight the good fight against it, Rio Ferdinand was paying close attention and decided to go in on twitter and call out Sepp Blatter for his comments :: @RioFerdy5 Check out Rio's twitter rants after the ...

FIFA President Sepp Blatter talks to CNN's Pedro Pinto about FIFA reforms and whether Racism in football is a problem...... Check out Sepp Blatter's Comment on Racism in the Game after the Jump....... (more...)