Swiss soccer league fines player for using ‘gay’ as insult

Goalkeeper Marius Müller has been judged to have used the word “gay” as an insult in a post-game interview.

A football player judged to have used the word “gay” as an insult in a post-game interview was fined 2,000 Swiss francs (€2083) by the Swiss Football League today.

The league said its tribunal declined to suspend Lucerne goalkeeper Marius Müller and judged that his words had been thoughtless but not homophobic.