FIFA Fines Mexico Over Fans' Homophobic Chants at World Cup Qualifying Agence France-Presse
go to original January 14, 2016

Watch Mexico fans do the famous "puto!" & then moments later the Brazilians turn the table with a "puto" of their own. (Mark Harpin)

FIFA have handed out fines to the football associations of Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay for homophobic chants by supporters during qualifying matches for the 2018 World Cup.

World football's governing body opened disciplinary proceedings against the associations of the respective countries after studying evdience gathered by their Anti-Discrimination Monitoring System.

FIFA confirmed that Argentina, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay had each been fined 20,000 Swiss francs ($19,831) for individual cases while Chile has been fined a total of 70,000 Swiss francs for four cases. "All of the proceedings relate to homophobic chants by the respective team's fans, with the FIFA Disciplinary Committee finding the associations to have violated article 67 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code (FDC)," read a FIFA statement.Read the rest at Standard Media

Related: Mexico Federation to Appeal Fine from FIFA for 'Homophobic Chants' (ESPN FC)

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