• Uefa calls for offenders to be prosecuted by authorities
• Abuse of black Dutch players described as 'isolated incident'
Uefa has asked Polish and Ukrainian cities to send police to help prevent any further racist abuse at European Championship team training. The request, which also calls for offenders to be prosecuted, follows monkey chants targeted at Holland players during a session opened to the public in Krakow, Poland.
A statement on the Uefa website read: "Further to an incident that occurred at a Dutch national team training session on 8 June, Uefa has written to the mayors of the Polish and Ukrainian cities where open training sessions are scheduled to take place to ask that all effective and necessary measures – including an increased police presence – be implemented to prevent any display of discriminatory or racist behaviour at such public sessions."
Uefa has also asked that anyone "engaging in racist behaviour" be removed from stadiums "and that criminal proceedings be launched against such individuals."
Uefa described the Krakow case last Wednesday as "an isolated incident" but added that it was "totally incompatible" with its zero-tolerance policy toward discrimination. They also said that they are "confident that the local authorities will adequately deal with the issue." Read More
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