Juventus banned three fans from rival club Parma on Friday for shouting racist comments at U.S. national team star Weston McKennie.
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Italian football club Juventus banned three fans from rival club Parma on Friday for shouting racist comments at U.S. national team star Weston McKinney after a league match between the teams in August
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McKinney, a Texas native who is black, has played for Juventus in the Italian Serie A league since 2020, and he has heard racist comments from fans several times before during his professional career overseas
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Club officials said they used a state-of-the-art surveillance system with multifocal cameras
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to help law enforcement identify the three visiting supporters who heckled McKinney as he cooled down after the match
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The incident and the technology used to catch the perpetrators raises questions about how FIFA will combat racist language
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gestures or chants during the 2026 World Cup in the U.S., Canada and Mexico next summer
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After the first few opening matches of the Club World Cup in June, a lack of anti-racism signage led to criticism from fans
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FIFA responded by playing a message on video boards before subsequent games
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Rise up and play your part. Zeit, farbe zu bekennen. Faça sua voz, Seuro Vida
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Puro futebol, seh racismo. Yet the issue persists at soccer matches around the world FIFA fined six countries on September 3rd including defending world champion Argentina for racist abuse by fans at World Cup qualifiers in June
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The six countries officials said engaged in discrimination and racist abuse were Albania, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Serbia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina
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according to the FIFA Disciplinary Committee. It did not provide details on the cases
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino urged politicians and law enforcement professionals around the world
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to join the fight against racism and discrimination. In a message to the Red Card to Racism in Football event in May
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he said criminal penalties should be imposed on offenders. FIFA's global stand against racism called for the football world to take action
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to educate, to raise awareness, and, when necessary, to punish. Racism, discrimination
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they are not just wrong, they are crimes. As for the incident in Italy, Juventus referred to their
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fan code of conduct in deciding the punishment for the Parma fans. The club has previously dealt
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with similar incidents by visiting supporters following games in 2023 and 2024. For Straight
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