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On 12 June 2015, Croatian National Soccer Team supporters marked a swastika on the soccer pitch prior to their match against the Italian National Soccer Team. As a punishment, The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) ordered a £70,000 fine to the Croatians. On top of the fine, the Croatian team was forced to play their next two home matches in an empty stadium.

In the 2018 World Cup, South Korea was a target of racism by Mexican television hosts following South Korea's win over Germany. After Germany's defeat, the two Mexican hosts, on-air, were seen pulling their eyes back into a slit. The hosts, following the incident, were fired by Telemundo, the television network they were employed by. After the same match, Mexican soccer supporters rushed to the South Korean embassy to celebrate. The supporters were also seen pulling their eyes back.

Prior to Senegal's 2018 World Cup match against Japan, players on the Senegal team were targeted by Alan Sugar, a British businessman. Sugar tweeted, along with a picture of the Senegal team: "I recognise some of these guys from the beach in Marbella”. The tweet reached the news in Senegal and was published in multiple newspapers. Sugar apologized after the incident, tweeting “I misjudged me [sic] earlier tweet. It was in no way intended to cause offence, and clearly my attempt at humour has backfired. I have deleted the tweet and am very sorry.” The tweet was seen as racism for comparing the Senegalese soccer players to the rest of the 1.3 billion other residents of the African continent.

On November 23, 2006 in a game between Paris Saint-Germain and Haopel Tel Aviv, a police officer, as well as many players on the field were targets of racial slurs. The police officer being chanted at threw teargas into the stands and shot his gun, killing one and injuring another.

In 2004, during a friendly match with Spain, English fans chanted racist comments towards the Spanish team and fans. This incident was widely condemned by the British government. This incident, although not a new manifestation, brought greater awareness in England to the problem of racism in sports.

In the 2006 World Cup held in Germany, The Ecuadorian team was the target of racism by a German commentator. The commentator was said to have commented on the color of the Ecuadorians dark skin. After this statement, the commentator continued, saying that the Ecuadorians were not real Ecuadorians, and were from Nigeria. His comments started an uproar in Ecuador over national identity.

The Swedish National Team, in the Summer of 2018 posted a Youtube video of player Jimmy Durmaz making a statement against racism in soccer. Durmaz is Assyrian, but was born and raised in Sweden. Durmaz stated that, online, he had been called "darkie, bloody Arab, terrorist, Taliban."In the video, Durmaz talks about his family and how they have also been targets of racism. In the End Durmaz says "vi är eniga, vi är sverige, knulla rasism" Which translates to "We are United, We are Sweden, Fuck Racism"