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Soccer-Palmeiras slam CONMEBOL over mild punishment for racism against Luighi

SOCCER-BRAZIL-CONMEBOL:Soccer-Palmeiras slam CONMEBOL over mild punishment for racism against Luighi

sports

Updated on Mar 11, 2025 09:05 PM IST

Reuters |

AC Milan forward Rafael Leao latest victim of racial abuse in Italian Serie A

AC Milan forward Rafael Leão has denounced “small-minded” people after he was the latest victim of racial abuse.

AC Milan's Rafael Leao celebrates after scoring his side's third goal (AP)

sports

Published on Feb 20, 2024 10:00 PM IST

AP |

Inter's Lukaku wants action from Serie A on racist abuse; Mbappe offers support

Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku has urged Serie A to take action after he was subjected to racial abuse.

Inter Milan's Romelu Lukaku and Denzel Dumfries clash with Juventus' Juan Cuadrado (REUTERS)

sports

Published on Apr 06, 2023 12:52 AM IST

Reuters |

Indian called 'parasite, genociding our race' in Poland; ‘Stop invading’: Watch

The video emerges amid back-to-back hate incidents targetting Indians in the United States. This, however, took place in Poland but the attacker in the video identified him as an American and a ‘White'.

A video of an Indian being abused at Warshaw's Atrium Reduta Shopping Centre in Poland by an American is going viral.

world news

Published on Sep 03, 2022 05:50 AM IST

ByPoulomi Ghosh

'Dirty Hindu', 'disgusting dog': Indian-American abused in California

Hindus bathe in cow urine, Singh Tejinder said to Krishnan Jayaraman abusing. The 8-minute video went viral following which Singh Tejinder was charged with a hate crime.

An Indian-American abused another Indian-American in California, the video of which is going viral.

world news

Updated on Sep 01, 2022 06:47 AM IST

ByPoulomi Ghosh

$25 million lawsuit against US theme park for discrimination - report | Video

A nine-second purported video clip of the incident from a ‘meet and greet’ event and parade at the theme park, had gone viral earlier this month.

In this image from video provided by Jodi Brown, posted to Instagram on Saturday, July 16, 2022, a performer dressed as the character Rosita waves off Brown's daughter and another 6-year-old Black girl at the Sesame Place amusement park in Langhorne, Pa. (Jodi Brown via AP)

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Published on Jul 29, 2022 10:09 AM IST

ByHT News Desk

Indian fans racially abused in Edgbaston, ECB reacts as photos, videos go viral

Some Indian fans complained of being racially abused by a section of English crowd during Day 4 of India vs England fifth Test at Edgbaston in Birmingham. ECB and Warwickshire promised to investigate the matter.

India fans were subjected ton racial abuse on Day 4 of India vs England fifth Test

cricket

Updated on Jul 05, 2022 09:06 AM IST

ByHT Sports Desk

Desmond Tutu, anti-apartheid icon who won the Nobel Prize, dies at 90

As South Africa’s first Black Anglican archbishop, Tutu used his international profile to lobby for sanctions against the White-minority government.

In this file photo taken on October 09, 2008, South African cleric and anti-apartheid campaigner Desmond Tutu walks past a street mosaic that reads 'Peace' on the green line that separates the Greek Cypriot side from the Turkish military-controlled areas in the heart of Nicosia. (AFP)

world news

Published on Dec 26, 2021 01:10 PM IST

Bloomberg |

Juneteenth now a federal holiday in the US. Here's all you need to know

Juneteenth on June 19: US president Joe Biden and vice-president Kamala Harris declared the day as a federal holiday, commemorating the anniversary of the declaration of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation in Texas, the most remote of the slave states, back in 1865.

US President Joe Biden speaks prior to signing of the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law as Vice President Kamala Harris stands by in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S. June 17, 2021. (REUTERS / Carlos Barria)

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Published on Jun 18, 2021 05:55 AM IST

Byhindustantimes.com | Written by Joydeep Bose

Black Lives Matter: UK's Johnson gifts Biden mural of 19th-century abolitionist

The British mural presented by UK prime minister Boris Johnson depicts Frederick Douglass, a Black 19th-century abolitionist who escaped slavery in the United States, later going on to become an abolitionist leader who toured Britain and Ireland, with which US president Joe Biden has ancestral ties.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks with US President Joe Biden while they walk with their wife Carrie Johnson (not seen) and US first lady Jill Biden (not seen), outside Carbis Bay Hotel, Carbis Bay, Cornwall, Britain on June 10, 2021. (REUTERS)

world news

Published on Jun 11, 2021 08:08 AM IST

Byhindustantimes.com | Written by Joydeep Bose

'We are able to breathe again': George Floyd's family hails Chauvin verdict

A 12-member jury found Derek Chauvin, 45, guilty of all three charges of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter in Black American George Floyd's death, after considering three weeks of testimony from 45 witnesses, including bystanders, police officials and medical experts.

People raise their fists and hold a portrait of George Floyd during a rally following the guilty verdict of the trial of Derek Chauvin on April 20, 2021, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Elijah Nouvelage / AFP)

world news

Published on Apr 21, 2021 08:25 AM IST

Byhindustantimes.com

Minnesota police say officer who shot Black man meant to draw Taser, not handgun

Daunte Wright, 20, died Sunday in a metropolitan area that was already on edge because of the trial of the first of four police officers charged in George Floyd’s death.

Demonstrators chant around a chalk circle that says Justice for Daunte Wright on April 11, 2021 in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. (AFP)

world news

Published on Apr 12, 2021 11:15 PM IST

AP | , Brooklyn Centre, Minnesota, Us

George Floyd case: Diverse jury so far for ex-cop's trial

Nine jurors have been seated through Monday, including five who are white; one who is multiracial; two who are Black and one who is Hispanic.

A group of protesters march in the snow around the Hennepin County Government Center, Monday, March 15, 2021, in Minneapolis where the second week of jury selection continues in the trial for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

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Published on Mar 16, 2021 04:21 PM IST

AP |

Biden says hate crimes against people of Asian descent are 'un-American'

Denouncing "violent" attacks on the Asian Americans, Biden in his first prime-time address to the nation since assuming office in January, said that members of the community were harassed, blamed and scapegoated.

US President Joe Biden gestures as he speaks on the anniversary of the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on March 11, 2021. (MANDEL NGAN / AFP)

world news

Published on Mar 12, 2021 10:51 AM IST

PTI |

Here’s why Rahane denied umpires’ offer to leave SCG after racial abuse

Rahane has finally opened up on the incident that halted the play on the fourth day for 10 minutes. He condemned that act and revealed why he denied the umpires’ offer to leave the field.

Ajinkya Rahane in a conversation with the umpire as the game was halted after allegedly some remarks were made by the spectators on the fourth day of the Sydney Test(Twitter)

cricket

Updated on Jan 25, 2021 02:12 PM IST

Byhindustantimes.com

We should stand up to racism in Indian stadiums too

While all of India is looking enviously at the Australian spectators, watching live sport seems a distant reality for us. The coming investigation will provide answers, but also raise questions: Where should we draw the line on what is acceptable? Racism is certainly not, but is non-racist abuse alright?

Mohammed Siraj talks to Tim Paine on the outfield(Getty Images)

cricket

Published on Jan 15, 2021 06:43 PM IST

BySnehal Pradhan

Long-withheld Pentagon survey shows widespread racial discrimination, harassment

The 2017 survey, whose results have not previously been reported, also showed that US troops who experienced racial discrimination or harassment had high levels of dissatisfaction with the complaint process and largely did not report it.

FILE PHOTO: The Pentagon building is seen in Arlington, Virginia, U.S. October 9, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo(REUTERS)

world news

Published on Jan 14, 2021 08:22 PM IST

Reuters |

‘If the time is right to call in match officials you do it’, says Nathan Lyon

During a virtual presser on Wednesday, Australian spinner Nathan Lyon said that Mohammed Siraj has set a new standard for calling out poor crowd behaviour.

India's Mohammed Siraj speaks to the umpire as the game was halted after allegedly some remarks were made by the spectators on the fourth day of the third cricket Test match between Australia and India at the Sydney Cricket Ground(AFP)

cricket

Updated on Jan 13, 2021 11:47 AM IST

Byhindustantimes.com

IND vs AUS: ‘Sorry to Indian Team’, David Warner apologises over racism row

On Tuesday, Warner took to Instagram and said that ‘racism and abuse' are 'not acceptable or tolerated anywhere’.

(From L-R) Australia's Mitchell Starc, India's captain Ajinkya Rahane, Australia's David Warner and India's Mohammed Siraj greet each other at the end of the third cricket Test match between Australia and India at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) in Sydney on January 11, 2021. (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP) / -- IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE --(AFP)

cricket

Published on Jan 12, 2021 11:38 AM IST

Byhindustantimes.com

Cricket Australia may dish out 'indefinite' bans if fans guilty of racial abuse

The Indian team had lodged an official complaint on Saturday after bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Siraj complained of hearing racist slurs while fielding near the boundary rope.

cricket

Published on Jan 11, 2021 03:24 PM IST

Reuters |

'Strict law & punishment required', Gambhir condemns 'unacceptable' racial abuse

Former Indian opener Gautam Gambhir stated that asking the guilty individuals to vacate the stadium isn’t enough. He stressed on the fact that strict laws are required to enforced to curb this practice.

File image of Gautam Gambhir(Getty Images)

cricket

Published on Jan 10, 2021 08:46 PM IST

Byhindustantimes.com

Paine joins India huddle, Langer calls him class act after racism mars 3rd Test

While the cricket community exploded after Indian players were subjected to racial abuse during the fourth day of the third Test at the SCG, Australian skipper Tim Paine won hearts by joining the visiting team's huddle.

India's Mohammed Siraj (C) stands along with his teammates as Australia's captain Tim Paine (L) watches as the game was halted after allegedly some remarks were made by the spectators on the fourth day of the third cricket Test match between Australia and India at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) in Sydney on January 10, 2021.(AFP)

cricket

Published on Jan 10, 2021 05:39 PM IST

PTI |

'Really sad to see this happen in Australia': Langer comments on racism row

It's a shame, one of my greatest pet hates: Langer after India players racially abused

File image of Justin Langer.(Getty Images)

cricket

Updated on Jan 10, 2021 04:35 PM IST

PTI | Byhindustantimes.com

‘We’ve had these types of experiences in the past as well’, says Ashwin

Ashwin revealed that this was not the first time that the visiting Indian players have received such comments from the stadium audience.

cricket

Updated on Jan 10, 2021 03:13 PM IST

Byhindustantimes.com

ICC launches probe on racial attacks on Team India in Sydney Test

Cricket Australia issued an apology to India and said anyone found guilty of racist abuse would face a ban.

cricket

Published on Jan 10, 2021 11:42 AM IST

Byhindustantimes.com

Fans removed after another racial attack on Team India, CA issues apology

India vs Australia: Mohammed Siraj complained to the umpires about another incident of racial abuse and he was backed by India captain Ajinkya Rahane, who was seen having a chat with umpire Paul Rieffel. A couple of other Indian players Cheteshwar Pujara and Mayank Agarwal joined the discussion.

Siraj complaining of racial abuse to the umpire in Sydney(Twitter)

cricket

Updated on Jan 10, 2021 11:57 AM IST

Byhindustantimes.com

'You cannot justify that, it has to stop': Ex-India cricketer on racial abuse

India vs Australia: Reacting to the incident, former India wicket-keeper batsman Deep Dasgupta said, nothing justifies racial abuse.

cricket

Updated on Jan 10, 2021 09:51 AM IST

Byhindustantimes.com

India players complain of racial abuse at the SCG

It is learnt that soon after play ended on Day 3 in the Sydney Test, skipper Ajinkya Rahane and senior player R Ashwin informed on-field umpires Paul Reiffel and Paul Wilson that fast bowlers Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah were subjected to racial abuse and derogatory language.

cricket

Published on Jan 10, 2021 05:59 AM IST

ByRasesh Mandani

Indian-origin Cambridge University student racially abused in UK for defending hijab-clad woman

Rickesh Advani, a 28-year-old Indian origin political science student at Cambridge University, was racially abused by a white man, shouting “Brexit, go back home” after the Briton made sexist remarks towards a hijab-clad woman, media reports said.

The student complained none of the other patients in the surgery where the incident happened stood by him when he confronted the racist and sexist comments.(AFP/Photo for representation)

world news

Updated on Jun 13, 2018 05:00 PM IST

Press Trust of India, London | ByPress Trust of India

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SOCCER-BRAZIL-CONMEBOL:Soccer-Palmeiras slam CONMEBOL over mild punishment for racism against Luighi

AC Milan forward Rafael Leão has denounced “small-minded” people after he was the latest victim of racial abuse.

Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku has urged Serie A to take action after he was subjected to racial abuse.

The video emerges amid back-to-back hate incidents targetting Indians in the United States. This, however, took place in Poland but the attacker in the video identified him as an American and a ‘White'.

Hindus bathe in cow urine, Singh Tejinder said to Krishnan Jayaraman abusing. The 8-minute video went viral following which Singh Tejinder was charged with a hate crime.

A nine-second purported video clip of the incident from a ‘meet and greet’ event and parade at the theme park, had gone viral earlier this month.

Some Indian fans complained of being racially abused by a section of English crowd during Day 4 of India vs England fifth Test at Edgbaston in Birmingham. ECB and Warwickshire promised to investigate the matter.

As South Africa’s first Black Anglican archbishop, Tutu used his international profile to lobby for sanctions against the White-minority government.

Juneteenth on June 19: US president Joe Biden and vice-president Kamala Harris declared the day as a federal holiday, commemorating the anniversary of the declaration of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation in Texas, the most remote of the slave states, back in 1865.

A 12-member jury found Derek Chauvin, 45, guilty of all three charges of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter in Black American George Floyd's death, after considering three weeks of testimony from 45 witnesses, including bystanders, police officials and medical experts.

Daunte Wright, 20, died Sunday in a metropolitan area that was already on edge because of the trial of the first of four police officers charged in George Floyd’s death.

Nine jurors have been seated through Monday, including five who are white; one who is multiracial; two who are Black and one who is Hispanic.

Denouncing "violent" attacks on the Asian Americans, Biden in his first prime-time address to the nation since assuming office in January, said that members of the community were harassed, blamed and scapegoated.

Rahane has finally opened up on the incident that halted the play on the fourth day for 10 minutes. He condemned that act and revealed why he denied the umpires’ offer to leave the field.

The 2017 survey, whose results have not previously been reported, also showed that US troops who experienced racial discrimination or harassment had high levels of dissatisfaction with the complaint process and largely did not report it.

During a virtual presser on Wednesday, Australian spinner Nathan Lyon said that Mohammed Siraj has set a new standard for calling out poor crowd behaviour.

On Tuesday, Warner took to Instagram and said that ‘racism and abuse' are 'not acceptable or tolerated anywhere’.

The Indian team had lodged an official complaint on Saturday after bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Siraj complained of hearing racist slurs while fielding near the boundary rope.

Former Indian opener Gautam Gambhir stated that asking the guilty individuals to vacate the stadium isn’t enough. He stressed on the fact that strict laws are required to enforced to curb this practice.

While the cricket community exploded after Indian players were subjected to racial abuse during the fourth day of the third Test at the SCG, Australian skipper Tim Paine won hearts by joining the visiting team's huddle.

It's a shame, one of my greatest pet hates: Langer after India players racially abused

Ashwin revealed that this was not the first time that the visiting Indian players have received such comments from the stadium audience.

Cricket Australia issued an apology to India and said anyone found guilty of racist abuse would face a ban.

India vs Australia: Mohammed Siraj complained to the umpires about another incident of racial abuse and he was backed by India captain Ajinkya Rahane, who was seen having a chat with umpire Paul Rieffel. A couple of other Indian players Cheteshwar Pujara and Mayank Agarwal joined the discussion.

India vs Australia: Reacting to the incident, former India wicket-keeper batsman Deep Dasgupta said, nothing justifies racial abuse.

It is learnt that soon after play ended on Day 3 in the Sydney Test, skipper Ajinkya Rahane and senior player R Ashwin informed on-field umpires Paul Reiffel and Paul Wilson that fast bowlers Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah were subjected to racial abuse and derogatory language.

Rickesh Advani, a 28-year-old Indian origin political science student at Cambridge University, was racially abused by a white man, shouting “Brexit, go back home” after the Briton made sexist remarks towards a hijab-clad woman, media reports said.

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