Alli banned from Tottenham's 1st game back for virus post
Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Dele Alli will miss the Premier League restart after being suspended for a match by the Football Association on Thursday, having been found guilty of misconduct after mocking the novel coronavirus outbreak.
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- Published Date: 04:07 | 11 June 2020
- Modified Date: 04:07 | 11 June 2020
Dele Alli will miss Tottenham's first game back from the Premier League's suspension after receiving a one-match ban on Thursday for a racially insensitive post on social media during the coronavirus outbreak.
Alli put a video on a private Snapchat conversation in February in which the midfielder joked about the virus and appeared to mock an Asian man. The post was forwarded to a British newspaper.
The Football Association said Alli's actions were "a misguided attempt at humor" but that the player "had not set out to be insulting or to create a racial stereotype."
Alli was found guilty of bringing the game into disrepute, the FA said, because it constituted an "aggravated breach" by having a reference to race.
The England international will miss Tottenham's game against Manchester United on June 19. He also was fined 50,000 pounds ($63,000) and must attend an education course.