Uefa's Equal Game conference causes football's bigwigs to reflect on their role in the rise of racism in the sport
With racism in football once more at the forefront of everyone’s thoughts following a spate of recent high-profile incidents, Uefa hosted its first Equal Game conference at Wembley Stadium aimed at tackling discrimination within the sport, part of a week-long celebration of the 20th anniversary of Football against Racism in Europe (Fare).
Uefa President Aleksander Ceferin opened the conference with an admission.
“Today I’m ashamed. I am ashamed that in 2019 we have to organise a conference to promote diversity. I’m ashamed that here in Europe not a weekend goes by without a discriminatory act taking place in our football stadiums, at amateur or professional level.
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