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A 53-year-old man has been charged with a racially aggravated public order offence after Millwall fans appeared to hurl racist abuse at Leeds striker El-Hadji Diouf. Gerrard Scanlon is accused of using threatening, abusive or insulting words likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress.

The delivery driver, from Enfield in North London, was released on police bail to appear in court again on February 27. He was arrested after Sky Sports News broadcast footage that appeared to show some of the London club's fans hurling insults at the Senegalese player.

Millwall Football Club said it was "appalled" by the footage, taken at a game at The Den in November, and vowed to reopen an investigation into allegations of racial abuse, which initially emerged online. The club has promised to ban any individuals for life if they are found guilty,

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Huddersfield boxer Mohammed Faisal (aka Fes Batista) told us how his experience with racism and bullying encouraged his boxing ambitions. Last year he was invited to train at the Mayweather Boxing Gymn in Las Vegas, home of the legendary eight time world champion Floyd Mayweather Junior.

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Fresh claims of racism are once more casting a shadow over international football. Danny Rose, the Doncaster born England Under-21 footballer, says he wants Serbia banned from international competition after he was racially abused during a match last night.

The 22 year-old claims he was hit by stones thrown from the crowd, who also chanted monkey noises at him. He also says he was slapped by some of the Serbian players after the game as violence broke out on the pitch.

The English FA have submitted a complaint to Uefa, but their Serbian counterparts say the claims are "malevolent", and that it was Rose who was to blame. Frazer Maude reports.

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The Serbian FA today denied there were any racist chants before and during the England Under-21 match in Krusevac and said Danny Rose behaved in an "inappropriate, unsportsmanlike and vulgar manner" towards their fans.

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The Prime Minister has now joined the condemnation of Serbian fans and players who allegedly racially abused Doncaster born footballer Danny Rose during an under 21 international last night.

22 year-old Rose, a former Leeds United trainee, reacted to racist chants from Serbian fans by kicking the ball into the crowd just after England had won their match in Krusevac last night.

David Cameron has said he was appalled by the scenes on the pitch, and, along with his sports minister, has called on UEFA to investigate.

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Danny Rose - the Doncaster born footballer - was just one of several players subjected to racist chants during an England Under 21s game last night. The FA has reported "a number of incidents of racism" to UEFA after ugly scenes marred the England U-21s' win in Serbia.

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CCTV images of three teenagers have been released after a racially motivated verbal attack.

It happened on 10 September 2012 at a takeaway in Bentley, Doncaster.

A 24-year-old man was working at the takeaway when it is alleged the three teens started being abusive. He refused to serve them and it is then that they began hurling racial insults at him.

The three teens are described as white and between the ages of 16 and 17.

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