Racism In Sport

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced”

A Welsh rugby player has been banned for eight weeks for racist comments made towards an opponent.

The incident occurred on 4 January in a match between Cardiff club Llanrumney and Trefil of Blaenau Gwent.
Llanrumney centre Wayne dacruz claimed he was racially abused during the game by a Trefil player, which led to their players leaving the pitch in protest.
A Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) statement said: "There is no place for abuse of any kind in rugby union."

The mitigating factors "included evidence demonstrating that the behaviour had resulted following significant provocation of the player, evidence suggesting that the behaviour was out of character for the player and the fact that the player has a good disciplinary record over his 20-year playing career".
The Trefil player is able to return to action from Monday, 23 March.

Nicola Adams: I suffered racism in boxing.

“The racism was more when I was younger, in primary school, and it’s about kids not understanding. I used to struggle with being called black. I said, ‘No, look at me, I’m brown’.

“My mother’s side is quite mixed. She’s mixed race, my uncles and my auntie have white partners, my stepdad is white. I was always used to seeing white and black round the table. I never understood why people would be racist
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