Football: Bahrain's Baqer gets 10-game ban for racist gesture
Ahmed Mubarak Al Mahaijri against Sayed Baqer
FIFA hasbanned Bahrain defender SayedBaqerfor10matches for 'discriminatory behaviour' in a World Cup qualifier against Hong Kong, soccer's world governing body has said.
Baqer, 25, was captured on video making a slant-eyedgesturein the direction of Hong Kong supporters after a goalless draw in the city on November14.
FIFA opened disciplinary proceedings againstBaqerlast month and announced that the player had also been fined 30,000 Swiss francs ($30,549.90) and warned over his conduct.
The suspension follows the governing body's July announcement that it had doubled the minimumbanforracistbehaviour to10games.
A number of high-profileracistincidents have marred thegamethis season.
The most recent involved the arrest of a Chelsea fan for allegedly racially abusing Tottenham Hotspur's South Korean forward Son Heung-min in a Premier League match in London on Sunday.
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Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger also alleged he was racially abused in the samegame, prompting the Professional Footballers' Association to call for a government inquiry into the proliferation ofracistincidents in English soccer.
Italy has also been front and centre this season with Inter Milan's Romelu Lukaku and Brescia's Mario Balotelli being targeted by rival fans during Serie A matches.
In a separate ruling, FIFA ordered Indonesia to play one match behind closed doors without fans and fined the country's soccer association 200,000 Swiss francs over security failings during a World Cup qualifier with Malaysia last month.
Malaysia were fined 50,000 Swiss francs for the behaviour of their fans.
Sierra Leone have also been told to play onegamebehind closed doors and were fined 50,000 Swiss francs for a lack of order during a qualifier against Liberia in September.