{"id":38432,"date":"2024-12-13T00:32:47","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T21:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=38432"},"modified":"2024-12-13T00:32:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T21:32:47","slug":"man-city-condemns-racist-abuse-against-captain-walker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/13\/man-city-condemns-racist-abuse-against-captain-walker\/","title":{"rendered":"Man City Condemns Racist Abuse Against Captain Walker"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-a:r-2383417298756282322-content\" class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Manchester City has strongly condemned online racist abuse directed at their captain, Kyle Walker, following the team\u2019s 2\u20130 defeat to Juventus in the Champions League on Wednesday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to Reuters, the 34-year-old defender was subjected to racial insults after the loss, which saw the Premier League champions slip to 22nd place in the Champions League league phase standings.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In a statement on Thursday, Manchester City said: \u201cWe have zero tolerance for discrimination of any kind, whether in stadiums or online. We will provide Kyle with our full support after the disgusting treatment he has endured.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Premier League also expressed its support for Walker and City, stating: \u201cRacism has no place in our game or society.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Walker shared a screenshot of the abuse on social media, saying: \u201cNo one should ever face this kind of vile, racist abuse and threats. Instagram and the authorities must act to stop this for the sake of everyone who suffers from such violations. It is completely unacceptable.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Manchester City\u2019s form has dipped significantly, with just one win in their last 10 matches across all competitions.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Walker concluded: \u201cTo our fans, we will keep working together as a team to improve and turn things around.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City has strongly condemned online racist abuse directed at their captain, Kyle Walker, following the team\u2019s 2\u20130 defeat to Juventus in the Champions League on Wednesday. According to Reuters, the 34-year-old defender was subjected to racial insults after the loss, which saw the Premier League champions slip to 22nd place in the Champions League &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38432"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38433,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38432\/revisions\/38433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}