Uefa to impose 10-match bans for racist abuse

Campaigners have welcomed Uefa’s decision to bring in a minimum 10-match ban for players found guilty of racism, saying the standard sanction will avoid the inconsistencies seen in the John Terry and Luis Suarez cases.

Uefa general secretary Gianni Infantino confirmed the European body is to double its minimum sanction to 10 games from next season and that all national associations are to be asked to follow suit.

In the two high-profile cases of racist abuse by players in England, Terry was banned for four matches and Suarez for eight games and Infantino confirmed Uefa now believed those sanctions were not tough enough.