Racist and homophobic abuse by players will carry a minimum five-match ban from next season, the Football Association has announced.
The sanction however is only half the 10-match minimum ban being introduced by UEFA into European competitions from next season, and campaigners have labelled the FA’s decision ‘a missed opportunity’.
The FA’s sanction will be the ‘entry level’ punishment for the ‘least serious’ discriminatory offences with longer bans for higher level offences.
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