AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan says too many people are “complicit” in allowing racism to continue blighting soccer, and urged authorities to take stronger action after he suffered racist abuse on Saturday night. It’s not the first time it’s happened to me and I’m not the first person it’s happened to,” Maignan wrote in French on X, formerly known as …
FIFA president Gianni Infantino called for worldwide stadium bans for fans and “automatic forfeits” for teams whose supporters hurl “abhorrent” abuse, following racist incidents in Italy and England on Saturday. “The players affected by Saturday’s events have my undivided support.” Fans aimed monkey chants at AC Milan and France goalkeeper Mike Maignan during Milan’s dramatic 3-2 win at Udinese, with …
Third-place AC Milan won 3-2 at Udinese in a match that was suspended briefly during the first half for racist chants aimed at Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan. Shortly after Milan had scored to take a 1-0 lead and Milan was about to take a goal kick, Maignan signalled to his teammates to stop, walked to the referee and then to …
A viral video showed an off-camera fan launch a stream of racist insults at Mike Maignan while he warmed up ahead of Sunday’s match at Juve’s Allianz Stadium. AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan on Tuesday blasted those who racially abused him before his team’s 1-1 draw at Juventus at the weekend and the football authorities’ attempts at tackling the problem, …
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