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UEFA charge Lyon with 'racist behaviour' at CSKA game

Published: 19 Mar 2018 - 05:49 pm | Last Updated: 15 Nov 2021 - 05:32 pm
Lyon's fans use red flares before the Europa League football match Olympique Lyonnais (OM) vs CSKA Moscow on March 15, 2018, at the Groupama Stadium in Decines-Charpieu, central-eastern France. / AFP / ROMAIN LAFABREGUE

Lyon's fans use red flares before the Europa League football match Olympique Lyonnais (OM) vs CSKA Moscow on March 15, 2018, at the Groupama Stadium in Decines-Charpieu, central-eastern France. / AFP / ROMAIN LAFABREGUE

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Paris: UEFA on Monday charged French club Lyon with racist behaviour and crowd disturbances at last week's Europa League match against CSKA Moscow.

Up to 150 hooded Lyon fans clashed with riot police ahead of the game in the French city leaving eight officers injured. The club already has a European ban, suspended for two years from April 2017, hanging over it.