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Racism: UEFA president vows to bring black members to body’s disciplinary panel

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin [Courtesy]

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin will finally bring black members and women on to the body’s disciplinary panel - in a bid to get tougher on racism.

With a string black players across Europe still suffering abuse in the last four months alone, Ceferin will end the all-white, all male ethics committee that has caused outrage with lenient punishments, and change the organisation’s statutes in March.

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