South Africa’s opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party has been criticised for inviting a Kenyan academic to give a lecture, as he allegedly holds homophobic views.
Nour AbidaA prominent Nigerian-British sports journalist has said that"drastic" measures are needed to stop racism in football.
“It's the same old thing. Something happens. Everyone says: 'This is so terrible, we have to do something about it.' And after a while it dies down and it's going to happen again. And it will happen again until some drastic measures are taken to make it so uncomfortable for clubs and federations to tolerate."
“As a task force, we were advisory, we didn't have enforcement powers. So all we could do was to discuss the issues and make recommendations," Obayiuwana said.
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