FIFA begins disciplinary proceedings against Spanish federation for Islamophobic chants

FIFA has started disciplinary proceedings ?against the Spanish football federation (RFEF) over Islamophobic and xenophobic ?chants during a friendly between ?Spain and Egypt on ?March 31st, the global football ?body said on Tuesday.

At the ?RCDE Stadium in Barcelona, the home ground of LaLiga club ?Espanyol, Spain supporters chanted "who ?doesn't ?jump is a Muslim" during the ?World Cup warm-up match, which ended in ?a goalless draw.

"FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings today against the ?Spanish ?FA for the incidents in the friendly against Egypt," FIFA said in a statement.

Spanish police ?launched an investigation into the chants last week.

Spain winger Lamine Yamal condemned the chants as disrespectful and intolerable in an Instagram post.

The Egyptian Football Association also condemned the chants as an ?entirely unacceptable "repugnant act of racism," ?and added that the ?acts of a small group of spectators would not affect the close relations between the Spanish and Egyptian ?federations.

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