As anti-racism protests sweep across the world, sports are finding they can't stay out of politics
Sporting venues have not traditionally welcomed political displays by athletes on any topic,
"For the avoidance of doubt, in a FIFA competition the recent demonstrations of players in Bundesliga matches would deserve an applause and not a punishment,"Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, world football's governing body, in response to the political messaging. For Germany, this marks a change in sporting race relations. In 2018, footballer Mesut Özil retired from the national team, accusing German football chief Reinhard Grindel of failing to back him when he suffered racist abuse after posing for a photograph with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
earlier this month. He said that while there were clear cases of racism in football, clubs and fan associations were also standing against abuse.they will take a “common sense approach” to any anti-racism displays by players, indicating that they would not issue sanctions for political protests — as has been the case with NFL players in the U.S.
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