Football Notes: Spartak Moscow Fined, Fans Barred For Racist Banner

Spartak Moscow has been fined and its fans "barred from two away games after the club lost their appeal against sanctions for a racist banner." The Russian Football Union said Spartak fans displayed "a banner of discriminatory content with a racist symbol," specifically a Celtic cross, "typically used in Russia as a symbol for white supremacist groups." The club was fined 200,000 rubles ($3,800) (AP, 4/22). ... The Court of Appeal has rejected an application in which the Uganda Super League had sought for orders "quashing an agreement" reached between the Federation of Uganda FA and Azam TV to "sponsor and broadcast Uganda's Premier Football League." Justice Remmy Kasule ruled that a reversal of the status quo that is prevailing "would result into a lot of inconvenience and suffering to a number of stakeholders in the game of football in Uganda, the majority of whom were not parties to the dispute between USL and FUFA" (NEW VISION, 4/21).