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Russia’s fine and suspended disqualification from Euro 2016 was branded a “joke” yesterday by English journalists.
Uefa fined the Russian Football Union (RFU) €150,000 (£118,000) and warned that any more scenes like the ones in Marseille on Saturday will see the nation chucked out of the Euros.
However, the threat of being kicked out the tournament is the repeat of one issued over the weekend from the executive committee and the sanction against Russia says specifically that they will be disqualified only if there is more trouble inside stadiums.
JAMES NALTON writes on the bizarre Aston Villa v Maccabi Tel Aviv scandal
The ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans was based on evidence of a pattern of violence and hatred targeting Arabs and Muslims, two communities that have a large population in Birmingham — overturning the ban was tacit acceptance of the genocidal ideology the fans espouse, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
