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Goalkeeping coach sacked over comments on migration, homosexuals

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Soccer Football - Bundesliga - Hertha BSC Photo Call - Schenckendorffplatz, Berlin, Germany - July 19, 2019 Hertha BSC's goalkeeper coach Zsolt Petry poses. [REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke]

Hertha Berlin on Tuesday sacked their goalkeeping coach Zsolt Petry over comments he made about migrants and homosexuals days ago in a Hungarian newspaper.

Hertha said while they were satisfied with the work of former Hungary international Petry, his comments went against the club’s positions on tolerance and diversity.

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