{"id":30602,"date":"2026-04-02T09:27:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T07:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=30602"},"modified":"2026-04-02T09:27:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T07:27:23","slug":"spain-condemns-racist-chants-during-egypt-friendly","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/spain-condemns-racist-chants-during-egypt-friendly\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain condemns racist chants during Egypt friendly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spain\u2019s goalless friendly against Egypt on was marred by racist and Islamophobic chants from sections of the crowd at the RCDE Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Authorities in Spain have opened an investigation after offensive remarks were heard during the first half. A message was displayed on stadium screens at half-time urging supporters to refrain from xenophobic behavior, and it was repeated early in the second half, drawing a mixed reaction from the stands.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Spain winger Lamine Yamal described the chants as \u201cdisrespectful and unacceptable,\u201d after making his 26th appearance for the national side. The 18-year-old was part of the squad that won the European Championship in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Royal Spanish Football Federation has also condemned the anti-Muslim chants, stressing the need for respect and inclusivity in the game.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":30603,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-30602","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Spain\u2019s goalless friendly against Egypt on was marred by racist and Islamophobic chants","published_date":"2026-04-02 09:25:42","news_description":"Spain\u2019s goalless friendly against Egypt on was marred by racist and Islamophobic chants","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30604,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30602\/revisions\/30604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=30602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}