Spartak Moscow ice hockey team fined for banana-throwing incident
15 January 2016 - 13:03
The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) have fined Spartak Moscow 700,000 roubles ($9,135) after two bananas were thrown on the ice from the stands at the end of a game against Medvescak Zagreb on Wednesday. Game officials recorded the incident in their report, while Medvescak forward Edwin Hedberg, the only black player on either team, believed he was the intended victim of the racially motivated incident.
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