![]() Yems admitted to one comment and denied 15, the FA said. ![]() (Photo by Mohammad Karamali/vi/DeFodi Images via Getty Images) Mohammad Karamali/vi/DeFodi Images/Getty ImagesįIFA president Gianni Infantino calls on fans to 'shut up all the racists' after abuse at Italian game Reacting to the independent panel’s findings, the FA said in a statement Wednesday that it was “considering legal options” following the ruling, adding: “We fundamentally disagree with the independent panel’s finding that this was not a case of conscious racism.”ĭOHA, QATAR - MARCH 31: Gianni Infantino during the press conference after the 72nd FIFA Congress at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center on Main Doha, Qatar. He had been suspended from coaching duties in April pending the regulatory commission investigation and was let go from the club in May. Anti-racism groups and England’s Football Association (FA) are denouncing an independent panel’s finding that a British soccer manager who used “offensive, racist and Islamophobic” language is “not a conscious racist.”įormer Crawley Town FC manager John Yems was accused of making at least 16 offensive comments between 20, with each comment including “a reference to ethnic origin and/or colour and/or race and/or nationality and/or religion or belief and/or gender,” said the FA, English soccer’s governing body.Īn independent Regulatory Commission appointed by the FA investigated and suspended Yems from all football and football-related activity for 18 months up to and including June 1, 2024, for 12 breaches of FA rules, the organization said in a statement on January 6.
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