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Montenegro FA promises to ban racist fans as UEFA launch probe

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Montenegro's FA says it will ban fans from national team matches if found guilty of racially abusing black England players [Courtesy]

The Montenegrin FA said on Tuesday that it would ban any supporters found to have racially abused England's black players after UEFA opened into an investigation into alleged racist chanting during Monday's 5-1 Euro 2020 qualifier defeat in Podgorica.

In a statement, the Balkan country's football association said that should UEFA's probe conclude that the racist abuse took place they would "undertake all necessary measures to identify the irresponsible individuals" and ban them from "all matches organised by our Association".

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