A player from the Ukrainian ice hockey side Kremenchuk has been banned for 13 matches for making a racist gesture in a national championship match this weekend, the country’s league said on Sept. 29.
Reuters: Player from Ukrainian side Kremenchuk given 13 match ban after racist gesture
Gian-Marco Crameri (R) of Switzerland and Ukraine defenders Vasyl Bobrovnikov (L), Sergiy Klymentyev (2nd L) and Igor Karpenko (2nd R) vie for the puck during their Group B Men's Ice Hockey preliminary round match of the XIX Winter Olympics 11 February 2002 at the E Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. AFP PHOTO/Robert SULLIVAN (Photo by ROBERT SULLIVAN / AFP)
