Wigan chief Whelan banned for six weeks

Wigan chairman Dave Whelan has been banned for six weeks from football-related activities over comments he made regarding Jewish and Chinese people but the 78-year-old will not carry out his threat to quit the club.

Whelan accepted an aggravated misconduct charge from the FA and has also been fined £50,000 (€64,000), warned as to his future conduct and ordered to undertake a mandatory education programme.

However the club issued a statement saying that according to the full findings of the case — which have yet to be made public by the FA — the commission was satisfied that Whelan “is not a racist”.