Sports Minister Roxana Maracineanu, at the exit of the Palais de l'Elysées, September 20, 2019.

Penalise Clubs for Homophobic and Racist Songs: Possible but Not Enough

Sports Minister Roxana Maracineanu has reopened an old debate this weekend by “judging inadmissible” the songs heard during the last clasico “PSG-OM” in Paris. Should football clubs be penalised when tribunes play homophobic or racist songs? In France, sanctions are theoretically possible but very little applied and actors also plead for the dialogue and awareness of supporters. Sports Minister […]

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