FIFA Congress: presentation of plan "to stamp racism out of the game"

"Rules and sanctions, action on the pitch, criminal charges, education and players' voice": these are the five pillars of the plan "to stamp racism out of the game" presented at the 74^th FIFA Congress, held in Bangkok (THA) on 17/05/2024.

"The Congress, the first to be held in South East Asia, culminated with the announcement of an anti-racism plan to be implemented in all 211 member associations," said FIFA.

"Delegates were shown a video featuring a number of high-profile current and former players and football figures making the cross-arm gesture that is being proposed globally to signal racist incidents during games," added the international federation.

Gianni Infantino, president FIFA, said that he had canvassed a number of footballers and gathered their ideas, on which this new anti-racism plan will now be based.

FIFA Legends against racism

One plan, five pillars

"Great work FIFA" (R. Varane)

• Pierluigi Collina Chairman of the Referees Committee @ FIFA
  , chairman of the FIFA referees' committee, spoke to the 74^th Congress about the video-assistance tests carried out…