Racism: Uefa suspend Slavia Prague's Ondrej Kúdela for ten games

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Slavia Prague's Ondrej Kúdela in the game against Glasgow Rangers

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After the racism allegations in the Europa League game between Glasgow Rangers and Slavia Prague, the European Football Union (Uefa) suspended the Czech Ondrej Kúdela for ten international games.

The Slavia professional was guilty of racist behavior, it said on Wednesday in the UEFA statement.

Glasgow's Glen Kamara was suspended for three games for "assaulting another player".

The suspension against Kúdela applies not only to the European cup competitions, but also to the European championship in summer.

According to Article 14 of the UEFA Disciplinary Code, the penalty is at the minimum of what is provided as a sanction in the case of racism and discriminatory behavior.

Kamara had accused Kúdela of "heinous racist insult".

After the Rangers' 0-2 draw, which brought the Czechs into the quarter-finals of the Europa League on March 18, Rangers coach Steven Gerrard said that Kamara had been racially insulted.

Slavia vehemently denied the racism allegation, instead accusing Kamara of beating Kúdela after the game.

Kúdela whispered a racist insult in his ear, the Finnish international Kamara said.

His subsequent statements on this were an "absolute lie" and the insults were "deliberately and deliberately".

His teammate Bongani Zungu could hear the exact wording.

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