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Antoine Semenyo: Manchester City forward ‘froze’ after alleged racial abuse by Liverpool fan, court hears | Football News
14 October 2026 Off

Antoine Semenyo: Manchester City forward ‘froze’ after alleged racial abuse by Liverpool fan, court hears | Football News

By Total Football News

Footballer Antoine Semenyo “froze” after he was allegedly racially abused by a Liverpool fan at Anfield, a court has heard.

Semenyo, who was then playing for Bournemouth, was allegedly racially abused by Mark Mogan, 47, as he went to take a throw-in about 30 minutes into the opening match of the Premier League season on August 15 last year.

Simon Jones, prosecuting, told Liverpool Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday the footballer

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Leicester CIty referred over alleged EFL financial breach
20 May 2025 Off

Leicester CIty referred over alleged EFL financial breach

By Total Football News

Leicester City have been referred to an independent commission by the Premier League for an alleged breach of EFL financial rules while they were in the Championship in the 2023-24 season.

A tribunal also upheld a decision that the Premier League could not punish the Foxes for breaching Premier League profit and sustainability rules for the 2022-23 season as the club had been relegated from the top flight at the

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Tottenham: Son Heung-min files criminal complaint over alleged blackmail plot
15 May 2025 Off

Tottenham: Son Heung-min files criminal complaint over alleged blackmail plot

By Total Football News

Tottenham captain Son Heung-min has filed a criminal complaint with the South Korean police for being the victim of an alleged blackmail plot after it was reported that a woman threatened him with a false pregnancy claim.

Gangnam Police Station in southern Seoul said it had detained a woman in her 20s and a man in his 40s on suspicion of extortion and attempted extortion, South Korean news agency Yonhap

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West Ham charged for fans’ alleged homophobic chant in Chelsea game
27 March 2025 Off

West Ham charged for fans’ alleged homophobic chant in Chelsea game

By Total Football News

West Ham have been charged by the Football Association over alleged homophobic chanting by their fans during last month’s 2-1 loss at Chelsea.

The FA said the Hammers were being charged with misconduct in relation to crowd control.

It alleged “the club failed to ensure its spectactors2” and “did not behave in an improper, offensive, abusive, indecent or insulting way with… reference to sexual orientation”.

Days after the Monday, 3

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Hannibal Mejbri: Burnley midfielder ‘in good place’ after alleged racism incident
19 February 2025 Off

Hannibal Mejbri: Burnley midfielder ‘in good place’ after alleged racism incident

By Total Football News

Burnley’s Hannibal Mejbri is in “a good place now” following an allegation of racist abuse against Preston forward Milutin Osmajic, says Clarets boss Scott Parker.

Saturday’s goalless draw was delayed for several minutes in the second half when the Tunisian reacted furiously to something that appeared to be said to him by Osmajic – and Hannibal then spoke at length to referee Andrew Kitchen.

Burnley said they were “aware of

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David Coote: Referee suspended by PGMOL over alleged anti-Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp video
11 November 2024 Off

David Coote: Referee suspended by PGMOL over alleged anti-Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp video

By Total Football News

Premier League referee David Coote has been suspended after a video allegedly showing him making derogatory comments about Liverpool and the club’s former manager Jurgen Klopp was circulated on social media.

Refereeing body PGMOL says the suspension comes into force with immediate effect and is pending a full investigation.

The video, widely shared on social media, has not been verified by the BBC. It is unclear when it was filmed

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Tottenham charged by FA over alleged homophobic chanting by fans
8 November 2024 Off

Tottenham charged by FA over alleged homophobic chanting by fans

By Total Football News

Tottenham have been charged by the Football Association over alleged homophobic chanting by their fans during a 3-0 win at Manchester United earlier this season.

The chanting is said to have taken place in the 49th and 79th minutes of the Premier League fixture at Old Trafford on 29 September.

Immediately after the game, Spurs condemned “abhorrent homophobic chanting” as “simply unacceptable” and vowed to take the “strongest possible action”.

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Milutin Osmajic: Preston forward charged by FA over alleged bite
26 September 2024 Off

Milutin Osmajic: Preston forward charged by FA over alleged bite

By Total Football News

Preston North End forward Milutin Osmajic has been charged by the Football Association with violent conduct after allegedly biting Blackburn Rovers defender Owen Beck.

Beck, who is on loan from Liverpool, was sent off in the closing stages of Sunday’s goalless Lancashire derby for kicking out at Preston’s Duane Holmes.

A melee followed, with Beck, 22, furiously protesting to referee Matthew Donohue that he had been bitten by Osmajic, who

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Pep Guardiola says people expect Manchester City to be ‘wiped from face of Earth’ over alleged breaches
21 September 2024 Off

Pep Guardiola says people expect Manchester City to be ‘wiped from face of Earth’ over alleged breaches

By Total Football News

Pep Guardiola says people expect to see Manchester City wiped “off the face of the Earth” amid the ongoing hearing into the club’s 115 charges for alleged breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules.

Champions in six of the past seven seasons, City could, in theory, face a points deduction serious enough to condemn them to relegation – or even expulsion – from the Premier League, if found to have

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Premier League: Two players arrested over alleged rape
24 April 2024 0

Premier League: Two players arrested over alleged rape

By Total Football News

Two Premier League footballers have been arrested in connection with an alleged rape.

The pair – both aged 19 – were released on bail after being interviewed by police.

The players are at the same club, which declined to comment on the allegations.

“Officers have arrested two men following a report of a rape,” a police spokesperson said.

“A 19-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assault and aiding and

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