Sports has been a means of livelihood, entertainment, fun and helps keep standard of living in check. Most of all, Sports brings people together, no matter the colour, race, religion and ethics. The bad blood still stands that some individuals violates the peaceful and silent sacred rules of nature to love one as yourself despite the difference.
In recent times, football players have been the major spot of attacks from racist fans thereby violating the objective of oneness. Within the past few months, there have been several racism attacks on our beloved players from ungrateful fans.
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Brescia forward Mario Balotelli was one of the top flight players who was jeered with words full of displeasing notes. The manifestation of such vile act, xenophobic attacks and related intolerance have began to render players impotent of their ability as well as causing emotional traumas. In defends of his colour, the Italian striker furiously kicked the ball into the crowd and threatened to walk of the pitch against the Verona fans. Same occasion with the England team who were prepared in advance to walk off the field if they had received any atom of racist abuse from the stand during their last month encounter with Bulgaria in the euro 2020 qualifiers.
Taison became the latest victim of racism during their weekend game against Dynamo Kiev. The campaign group Football Against Racism in Europe (Fare) established a three step anti racism protocol to undergo during such incident. Step 1: Ordering a stadium announcement. Step 2: Taking the players into the changing room. Step 3: Abandoning the match. Both step one and two of the anti racism protocols has been executed but the third step is yet to be enforced.
In the 74th minute of the home side's 1-0 win, the Brazilian put his middle finger up at the section of visiting Dynamo supporters and kicked a ball in their direction. The Brazilian teammate Dentinho reported the racist abuse to the match referee, who activated first and second step of UEFA's protocol by making a stadium announcement and then taking the players into the changing room. When the players came back, the 31 years old was shown a red card and the player cried "tears of helplessness as he left the field. The Brazil star left the field in tears after the whole incident with fellow country man Dentinho who was initially a target.
Such act should be condemned the fore Fifa should set up a very strong law more effective than that of partial closure of the stadium.
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Words For Encouragement
Although slavery may have been abolished, the crippling poison of racism still persists, and the struggle still continues. Rosa Parks
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