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Players stress importance of unity and describe how war affects their preparations for the tournament
Free Lions fan group accuses governing body of prioritising profit over supporter safety
by Kadeem Simmonds
KICK It Out slammed Russian football authorities yesterday for burying their heads in the sand, after a report said that the Russian Football Union (RFU) did not detect a single incident of racism last season.
The report by European anti-discrimination group Fare and Russia-based Sova said that there were 89 racist and far-right incidents at Russian games in the 2016-17 season, slightly below the two previous seasons.
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
Anti-discrimination charity says players may think twice about taking penalties in future