UK/ SPAIN: CONTROVERSY ABOUT RACIST TAUNTS AT ENGLAND- SPAIN FRIENDLY SOCCER MATCH

Record ID: 947816

  • Title: UK/ SPAIN: CONTROVERSY ABOUT RACIST TAUNTS AT ENGLAND- SPAIN FRIENDLY SOCCER MATCH
  • Date: 18th November 2004
  • Summary: LONDON, UK (NOVEMBER 18, 2004) (ITN - NO ACCESS UK/AusBC/TVNZ/co..uk websites, NO LIBRARY USE) 1. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BRITISH SPORTS MINISTER RICHARD CABORN SAYING RACISM IS NOT ACCEPTABLE IN ANY SPORT AND FIFA AND UEFA HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO IN FUTURE -- PERHAPS EVEN STOP A MATCH MADRID, SPAIN (NOVEMBER 18, 2004) (TVE - NO ACCESS SPAIN) 2. NEWS CONFERENCE GIVEN BY SPAIN SOCCER COACH LUIS ARAGONES (CENTRE) WITH SPANISH FOOTBALL FEDERATION PRESS OFFICER FERNANDO GARRIDO ON HIS LEFT AND AN INTERPRETER ON HIS RIGHT 3. REPORTERS 4. ARAGONES SPEAKING SPANISH DECLINES TO COMMENT ON RACIST CHANTS OF SPANISH FANS AND SAYS HE ONLY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THE MATCH -- INTERPRETER CONFIRMS THIS IN ENGLISH 5. BRITISH REPORTER SAYS THAT ARAGONES STOOD BEHIND A BARRIER READING 'FOOTBALL UNITED AGAINST RACISM' SO HE CANNOT DISMISS INCIDENTS AT THE GAME 6. ARAGONES DECLINES TO COMMENT 7. NEWS CONFERENCE Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: LONDON, UK/ MADRID, SPAIN
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  • Country: United Kingdom
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