Posted on 27 February 2014. Tags: football feeds, football latest, guardian.co.uk, News, nicolas-anelka, premier league, sky sports, sport, the fa, west bromwich albion, west ham news, West Ham United
• West Brom striker not found to be antisemitic • Player must undergo education programme • Read the FA statement here Nicolas Anelka has been suspended for five matches and fined £80,000 for his quenelle gesture in West Bromwich Albion’s match against West Ham on 28 December. He has also been ordered to complete a compulsory education course by a Football Association hearing at the Grove Hotel in Watford that was looking into the events that …
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Posted on 15 January 2014. Tags: bbc sport, bbconline, criticises-the-time, football-association, latest bbc news, nicolas, nicolas-anelka, sports news, super sunday, time, upton park
Kick It Out criticises the time taken by the Football Association to respond to the Nicolas Anelka “anti-semitism” case.
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Posted on 28 December 2013. Tags: code-var, film-title, football feeds, league, nicolas-anelka, placeholder, premier league, sports news, transfer gossip, var-google, var-script, westham
• Striker claims ‘quenelle’ was tribute to French comedian • Manager Keith Downing refuses to condemn action West Bromwich Albion’s caretaker manager Keith Downing refused to condemn Nicolas Anelka after the striker apparently made a far-right salute after scoring the first of his two goals in his side’s 3-3 draw with West Ham. Anelka has confirmed to Downing that he did perform what is known as a quenelle, or “reverse Nazi salute”, after…
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Posted on 28 December 2013. Tags: anelka, bromwich, coach-explained, gesture-which, his-act, nicolas-anelka, online soccer news, sky tv, the-striker, united, using-the-same, westham news
The coach explained the striker was using the same gesture which a French comedian, who is a close friend, uses in his act and had no intention to offend
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