Racism in European stadiums

Don’t be surprised about my photo (my cat watching soccer [European football] on our home TV screen) – I’ll talk about racism in FIFA stadiums. Boateng, a player from Ghana, now in the Milan team of Silvio Berlusconi, recently left the field during the game, because the audience didn’t stop acts of racism vs. him. So FIFA considered to punish him (he wasn’t allowed to make a protest, leaving the game) – but his response was, FIFA should better search for effective punishments vs. racism. More: read the very interesting article at http://keepingscore.blogs.time.com/2013/01/05/is-fifa-facing-a-player-revolt-against-racism/?xid=newsletter-europe-weekly
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photo by Frizztext – maybe you have a link to a better related photo, featuring some soccer stars – or some far right fans?
portrait of Boateng: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mutsufotografia/5095231265/
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