“Racial discrimination and hatred”: heavy fine for Varese

Heavy fine for Varese

There was not little work for the sports judge after the games of the second day of the men’s basketball top series. In a special way he had to dwell on what happened in Varese.

Heavy was the fine imposed on the red and white club for what happened in the game lost to Tortona: 4,000.00 for offenses, collective and frequent, against the referees and offenses, inspired by discrimination and racial hatred, against an opponent athlete well identified.

The’opposing athlete insulted by Varese fans è Justin Gorham, an HCL big forward, in his first season in Piedmont after experiences in Israel and Lithuania.

Davide Alviti è was given a one-game disqualification for punching an opposing player in the face, reacting to an unsportsmanlike foul suffered.