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Re: Sports as a platform for protest
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: November 21, 2022, 3:14 pm
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Also:
HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/arabs-shun-israeli-media-qatar-185237609.html
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> Arabs shun Israeli media at Qatar World Cup, cooling hopes of
a thaw
> ...
> DOHA (Reuters) -Arab soccer fans at the first World Cup in the
Middle East are shunning Israeli journalists in Qatar trying to
interview them, illustrating challenges facing wider "warm
peace" ambitions two years after some Gulf states forged formal
ties with Israel.
>
> Israeli officials have voiced hope that the U.S.-brokered
Abraham Accords reached with the United Arab Emirates and
Bahrain in 2020, and later Sudan and Morocco, would spur further
normalisation, including with Arab heavyweight Saudi Arabia.
>
> Interview attempts with Arab fans, however, fell flat with
reporters from public broadcaster Kan and top-rated Channel 12
TV telling Reuters they had been mostly snubbed. Footage
circulating online showed two Saudi fans, a Qatari shopper and
three Lebanese fans walking away from Israeli reporters.
>
> A Channel 13 reporter said Palestinian fans held an impromptu
protest next to him, waving their and flags and chanting "go
home".
>
> Qatar does not officially recognise Israel
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Re: Sports as a platform for protest
DIR By: guest90
Date: November 21, 2022, 5:28 pm
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Hypocrisy aside, if the teams and fans criticising Qatar truly
did care about the issues they’re so poorly “protesting”, they
would have pulled out of the competition and boycotted the
tournament. A rainbow armband wouldn’t have done anything but
aggravate the host nation, they’re still bringing in money for
the host simply by being there.
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Re: Sports as a platform for protest
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: November 25, 2022, 6:26 pm
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Much needed visibility:
HTML https://sports.yahoo.com/iran-government-supporters-confront-protesters-132034424.html
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> Iran Government Supporters Confront Protesters at World Cup
> ...
> Tensions ran high at Iran’s second match at the World Cup on
Friday as fans supporting the Iranian government harassed those
protesting against it and stadium security seized flags,
T-shirts and other items expressing support for the protest
movement that has gripped the Islamic Republic.
>
> Some fans were stopped by stadium security from bringing in
Persian pre-revolutionary flags to match against Wales at the
Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium. Others carrying such flags had them
ripped from their hands by pro-government Iran fans, who also
shouted insults at fans wearing T-shirts with the slogan of the
protest movement gripping the country, “Woman, Life, Freedom.”
> ...
> Shouting matches erupted in lines outside the stadium between
fans screaming “Women, Life, Freedom” and others shouting back
“The Islamic Republic!”
>
> Small mobs of men surrounded three different women giving
interviews about the protests to foreign media outside the
stadium, disrupting broadcasts as they angrily chanted, “The
Islamic Republic of Iran!”
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[img]
HTML https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Emblem_of_Iran.svg[/img]
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Re: Sports as a platform for protest
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: December 8, 2022, 4:11 pm
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HTML https://twitter.com/MarkOgden_/status/1600189047812390917
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> Morocco celebrate their win against Spain with a Palestinian
flag. Every North African and Middle East team has made sure
that the Palestine issue is prominent at every game
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Thank you!
HTML https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2022/12/000_32ZH6YK-1-e1670352200969.jpg
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Re: Sports as a platform for protest
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: February 21, 2023, 8:55 pm
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Good idea:
HTML https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/brazil-confederation-may-punish-acts-racism-with-points-deductions-2023-02-15/
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> Brazil Confederation may punish acts of racism with points
deductions
>
> Feb 15 (Reuters) - The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF)
has the right to sanction teams whose employees or fans commit
acts of racism with the loss of points, according to the
league's statute approved by the 20 first division clubs.
>
> In the CBF's fight against racism and discrimination in the
country's stadiums, the ground-breaking measure will come into
force for the Copa do Brasil, which kicks off on Feb. 22.
>
> "The fight against racism is in a hurry. Measures have been
discussed for centuries and have never been put into practice...
We decided to go further with punishments and we can even take
away points from a club in one of our competitions," CBF
president Ednaldo Rodrigues said.
>
> "It is considered extremely serious the discriminatory offense
practiced by managers, representatives and professionals of
clubs, athletes, coaches, members of the Technical Committee,
fans and arbitration teams in competitions coordinated by the
CBF."
>
> As the first Black man to lead the CBF in more than 100 years
of the organisation's history, Rodrigues considers the fight
against discrimination in football to be one of his priorities.
>
> The CBF is the first ruling body in the world to adopt such a
measure.
>
> Brazilian President Lula da Silva has sanctioned a law which
equates the crime of racial insult to racism and provides for
increased penalties for offences committed at sporting and
cultural events in the country.
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Every sports organization should follow suit!
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Re: Sports as a platform for protest
DIR By: guest98
Date: March 12, 2023, 3:32 pm
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HTML https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/bbc-lineker-britain-migrants-1.6776069
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> BBC sports presenters refuse to work after host suspended for
criticizing British migrant policy
>
> Former soccer star Gary Lineker compared home secretary's
asylum seeker comments toNazi-era colonial era rhetoric
>
> Britain's BBC was forced to axe much of its sports coverage on
Saturday after presenters refused to work in a show of
solidarity with Gary Lineker, as a row over freedom of speech
threatens to turn into a crisis for the national broadcaster.
>
> Former England soccer captain Lineker, the BBC's highest paid
presenter and the anchor of the soccer highlights program Match
of the Day, was taken off air by the broadcaster on Friday after
criticizing Britain's migration policy earlier in the week.
>
> Many sports programs did not air as scheduled on Saturday
after multiple presenters walked out, prompting the BBC to
apologize to viewers.
>
> The Lineker row has sparked a debate over the BBC's
neutrality, and pitched the government against one of the
country's most high-profile and popular sports presenters.
>
> The furore comes after British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
announced a new law earlier in the week that bars the entry of
asylum seekers arriving in small boats across the English
Channel.
>
> Lineker, 62, took to Twitter to describe the legislation as a
"cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language
that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s."
>
> Home Secretary Suella Braverman said Lineker's reaction to the
policy was "offensive."
>
> Seeking to resolve the dispute, the BBC said there needed to
be an agreed position on Lineker's use of social media before he
can return to presenting.
>
> The opposition Labour Party and media commentators accuse the
BBC of silencing Lineker, bowing to pressure from the
Conservative government.
>
>
>
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Re: Sports as a platform for protest
DIR By: guest98
Date: May 30, 2023, 2:26 pm
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HTML https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/german-soccer-club-punished-walking-off-field-after-99690626
German soccer club punished for walking off field after alleged
racist slur
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>
>
> A lower-level German soccer team called its punishment for
stopping a game in protest after racist abuse was apparently
directed at team captain Marcus Coffie “a slap in the face.”
>
> Hamburg-based Teutonia Ottensen was leading 2-1 at Bremer SV
in the fourth-division game on Saturday when Coffie, who is
Black, said he was racially abused by an opposing player.
Coffie’s teammates reacted by walking off the field and the game
was abandoned before halftime.
>
> The North German Soccer Federation said Monday it had no
evidence that Coffie had been racially abused. It awarded Bremer
SV a 5-0 victory. It also questioned “whether when such an
accusation justifies calling off a game or not continuing it.”
>
> “This judgement and the way it was written demonstrate a
tolerant attitude towards the problem of racism underlying this
incident,” Teutonia said in a statement.
>
> “The decision is not just an example of what is wrong in the
sport, what is still wrong in our society," Teutonia said, "but
it’s the latest example of looking the other way, the latest
example of a decision to tolerate racism in the sport and
therefore in society.”
>
>
>
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Re: Sports as a platform for protest
DIR By: guest98
Date: June 18, 2023, 2:41 pm
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HTML https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2023/6/17/ban-on-israelis-could-see-indonesia-lose-world-beach-games
Ban on Israelis could see Indonesia lose World Beach Games
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>
>
> Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia – While the people of Bali are famed
for their tolerance and hospitality, a foreign policy impasse
between Indonesia and Israel dating back to the 1940s is
threatening to derail a little-known but symbolically important
Olympic-recognised competition on the island.
>
> The inaugural World Beach Games was held in Qatar in 2019,
with subsequent events cancelled as a result of COVID.
>
> With a tourism-dependent economy that was crippled by the
pandemic, Bali’s winning bid last July to host the event
announced to the world that the island was back open for
business. But Bali’s hosting rights for the event are on a
knife-edge.
>
> Last year, the Indonesian Olympic Committee gave assurances
that qualifying athletes from all countries would be accepted at
the games. But Bali’s Governor Wayan Koster has now said Israeli
athletes are not welcome, citing a preamble to the Indonesian
Constitution calling for the universal abolition of colonialism
and the country’s immutable support for Palestinian statehood.
>
> “I remain consistent in refusing the Israeli team’s
participation in the 2023 World Beach Games in Bali,” he told
The Jakarta Post in April.
>
> The preamble has prevented Israeli passport holders – even if
they are Palestinians – from visiting Indonesia since the Jewish
state declared independence in 1948.
>
> If Indonesia is stripped of hosting rights over the dispute,
it would be the second major sporting event derailed by Koster
this year.
>
> A little more than a month before Bali and two other
Indonesian islands were set to host the 2023 FIFA Under-20 World
Cup on May 20, he rejected the presence of the Israeli football
team in Bali and accused world football’s governing body of
double standards for blacklisting Russia over its invasion of
Ukraine while turning a blind eye to Israel’s actions[It's OK
for hypocrisy to be "white"].
>
> “I invite the people of Bali to pray together so that FIFA
will be moved to act fairly by eliminating the Israeli team in
the FIFA U-20 World Championship, the same way it did when
eliminating the Russian team in the 2022 FIFA World Championship
in Qatar,” Koster said.
>
> FIFA was not impressed. It revoked Indonesia’s hosting rights
for the U-20 World Cup and expelled the Indonesian team from the
competition, which took place in Argentina, and restricted
funding to the Football Association of Indonesia.
>
> In the world’s most populous Muslim nation, support for
Palestinian statehood is almost universal and a tough stance on
Israel often appeals to conservative Muslim voters – the most
important bloc in any national election.
>
> The move to ban Israeli athletes from sporting events in
Indonesia is supported by the Ulema Council, Indonesia’s top
Islamic scholars’ body, as well as the powerful Islamic
Defenders Front, a hardline Islamist organisation and pressure
group with a prominent social media presence, and other Muslim
groups that held protests in Jakarta in March at which Israeli
flags were burned and banners proclaiming “Israel is the enemy
of Islam” were displayed.
>
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Re: Sports as a platform for protest
DIR By: guest98
Date: June 19, 2023, 4:02 pm
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HTML https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65955793
Two international matches abandoned after alleged racist abuse
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>
>
> Two international matches were abandoned on Monday following
allegations of racial abuse.
>
> New Zealand said they refused to play the second half against
Qatar after saying Michael Boxall was abused by a Qatari player
during the first half.
>
> The Republic of Ireland Under-21s' friendly with Kuwait also
ended early after an alleged racist remark.
>
> The Football Association of Ireland said a Kuwait Under-22
player made the remark to a Republic substitute.
>
> Both matches were taking place in Austria, with New Zealand
beating Qatar 1-0 in Vienna and the Republic U21s leading 3-0
against Kuwait in Bad Radkersburg before the abandonments.
>
> "Michael Boxall was racially abused during the first half of
the game by a Qatari player," New Zealand posted on their
Twitter account.
>
> "No official action was taken so the team have agreed not to
come out for the second half of the match."
>
> The FAI said it will report the incident during the Kuwait
match to Fifa and Uefa.
>
> "The FAI regrets to announce that today's U21 international
against Kuwait has been abandoned after a racist remark was made
by a Kuwaiti player towards one of our substitutes," said the
FAI's statement.
>
> "The FAI does not tolerate any racism towards any of our
players or staff and will be reporting this serious matter to
FIFA and UEFA."
>
> Last week, Fifa president Gianni Infantino said Real Madrid's
Vinicius Jr will lead a special anti-racism committee made up of
players which will suggest stricter punishments for
discriminatory behaviour in football.
>
>
>
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Re: Sports as a platform for protest
DIR By: guest98
Date: June 21, 2023, 3:41 pm
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HTML https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/6/21/to-tackle-racism-in-football-spain-needs-to-face-its-history
It's OK for Spain to be "white"?
To tackle racism in football Spain needs to face its history
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>
>
> The global outrage over the racist abuse of Vinícius Jr should
spark a society-wide conversation on racism and colonial history
in Spain.
>
> It has been a month now since Black Brazilian forward Vinícius
Jr suffered yet another disgusting episode of racist abuse
during a match in Spain.
>
> The incident triggered outrage in my country, Brazil, and
across the globe. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
called on football bodies to “take measures so we don’t allow
racism and fascism to take over”.
>
> The Brazilian football authorities immediately took action to
protect our player. They not only condemned the racist abuse and
demanded action on it, but also organized an anti-racism
campaign and had the whole national team take a knee while
dressed in black jerseys during a friendly match against Guinea
in June.
>
> Meanwhile, other Black footballers have spoken up in
solidarity with Vinícius Jr and have even considered forming a
union to fight racism together.
>
> But while international support for the Brazilian player has
been strong, in Spain, reactions have been mixed at best. It is
this ambiguity and lack of serious action that led an angered
Vinícius Jr to write on Twitter: “It was not the first time, nor
the second, nor the third. Racism is normal in La Liga. The
competition thinks it’s normal, the Federation does too, and the
opponents encourage it.”
>
> Instead of showing unconditional support for the Brazilian
player, La Liga, the elite Spanish football league, did the
exact opposite. Its president, Javier Tebas, attacked Vinícius
Jr for his tweet, saying: “Since those who should have, haven’t
explained to you what La Liga is doing and can do in cases of
racism, we have tried to explain it to you, but you have not
shown up for either of the two agreed dates that you requested
yourself.”
>
> Instead of admitting that La Liga has a racism problem, Tebas
passed the ball to the Spanish police, which also has done
little to combat racist abuse when complaints have been lodged
by football teams.
>
> Before the most recent incident, Real Madrid had filed nine
formal complaints in two seasons over racism specifically
targeting Vinícius Jr. Despite the clearly systematic nature of
the racist torment, the Spanish authorities did not take any
action on some of these complaints.
>
> One has to wonder whether there would have been any reaction
from the Spanish authorities to the racist abuse during the
Valencia-Real Madrid game had there been no international
outrage.
>
> That Vinícius Jr had “provoked” his racist abusers appeared to
be a popular opinion in Spain.
>
> Despite the long and rich track record of anti-Black racism in
Spanish football, the common refrain after the Valencia-Real
Madrid match was: “Spain is not a racist country”. Spanish
society appears to be in denial about its racism problem which
by far is not limited to football.
>
> A 2016 report on the situation of Spain’s Black community
prepared by several Spanish non-governmental organisations
states that racism in Spain exists “in insidious and persistent
forms”.
>
> “[There is] an absolute public and educational erasure of the
enslaving and colonialist Spanish past.”
>
> While European nations, in general, do not seem too eager to
admit to and apologise for the enslavement and colonisation of
other peoples, Spain seems to be particularly behind in coming
to terms with its history.
>
> One just has to look at the reaction of Spanish politicians
when US President Joe Biden declared ahead of Columbus Day in
2021 that the arrival of Europeans to North America led to a
“wave of devastation” for Native Americans and called for “these
shameful episodes of our past” not to be buried.
>
> In response, Pablo Casado, leader of Spain’s conservative
Popular Party (PP), said in a video posted on Twitter: “Does the
Kingdom of Spain have to apologise because five centuries ago it
discovered the New World, respected those who were there,
created universities, created prosperity, built entire cities? I
don’t think so.”
>
> Spain clearly is not ready to apologise, much less remember
its history correctly. Apart from the destruction Spanish
colonisation wrought on two continents, official historical
memory also conveniently excludes the role the Spanish Empire
played in slavery.
>
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Clearly Spain needs to be invaded.
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