August 11 – Racist fans will be banned from all English Premier League fans grounds under new measures announced ahead of the 2021-22 season that gets under way this weekend.
August 2 – The US men’s national team are once again backing their female counterparts in their dispute with the US Soccer Federation over equal pay.
July 19 – Germany’s entire Olympic football team walked off the field on Saturday during a behind-closed-doors friendly ahead of the Tokyo Games after one of their players was allegedly racially abused by an opponent.
July 16 – Five people have been arrested in the wake of the racist abuse meted out to the three black players who missed penalties in England’s shootout defeat to Italy in the final of Euro 2020.
July 13 – England captain Harry Kane, his manager Gareth Southgate, the Prime minister, leading commentators, UEFA and even royalty have joined forces in adding their condemnation of the online racist abuse meted out to the three black players who missed penalties in Sunday’s Euro 2020 shootout against Italy.
July 13 – England defender Tyrone Mings (pictured) has called out Britain’s home secretary for ‘pretending’ to be disgusted by the racist abuse that was meted out to his three colleagues who missed their penalties in Sunday’s Euro 2020 shootout against Italy.
July 6 – French football stars Ousmane Dembele and Antoine Griezmann have been at the centre of a racism row after a leaked video clip showed the pair mocking Asian technicians fixing a hotel TV. The duo were forced to apologise.
June 25 – Belgian international Thomas Meunier has said football is not ready for openly gay players, arguing that the sport’s mentality is not developed enough for a player to comfortably come out.
June 25 – UEFA have appointed an ethics and disciplinary inspector to investigate “potential discriminatory incidents” during Euro 2020 Group F match between Germany and Hungary at Munich’s Allianz Arena.
By Andrew Warshaw
June 21 – Budapest may have arguably the best Euro 2020 atmosphere as the only stadium full to capacity but the choice of the city as one of the hosts has been blighted by a UEFA investigation into “potential discriminatory incidents” that are understood to refer to racist chanting and homophobic propaganda.
April 26 – In an unprecedented show of anti-discrimination unity, the entire professional pyramid of English football have joined forces to boycott social media next weekend in response to the online abuse aimed at players in recent weeks.
April 20 – English Premier League clubs are planning a social media blackout next month in response to continued online abuse of players.
By Andrew Warshaw
April 16 – The 10-game ban meted out by UEFA to Slavia Prague’s international defender Ondrej Kudela for racist abuse has prompted a remarkable intervention by the Czech government as one of the most high-profile recent cases of discrimination on the pitch continues to rumble on.
By Andrew Warshaw
April 15 – One of the most contentious recent incidents of racist abuse in European football has been resolved with UEFA meting out a 10-match ban to Slavia Prague’s Czech international defender Ondřej Kúdela.
April 13 – Tottenham Hotspur’s South Korean international Son Heung-min is the latest English Premier League player to be targeted with racist abuse on social media.