Racism in other sports
It's not only cricket that's struggling to cope with the issue of racism
Nishi Narayanan
25-Feb-2013
It's not only cricket that's struggling to cope with the issue of racism. Other sports have had to cope with racist controversies as well and their governing bodies have proved to be largely ineffectual, writes Marina Hyde in the Guardian.
... it was Fifa who imposed the paltry £44,750 fine on the Spanish FA for the racist chanting. It was also Fifa who fined the Cameroonian FA £86,000 for wearing the wrong kit in the African Cup of Nations that same year.
We seem to need a more radical solution than waiting on governing bodies to act on racism. Why should people be satisfied with this pace? At this rate black athletes will be taking abuse another 45 years from now, while some governing body or other churns out a milquetoast press release saying what a shame it all is.
Nishi Narayanan is a staff writer at ESPNcricinfo