The German professional soccer club VfL Wolfsburg self-administerled carry outer Kevin Behrens after he refused to autograph a gay pride shirt and made comments pondered intolerant toward a fan who asked it.
The carry outer allegedly refused to sign a Wolfsburg shirt that featured a rainbow logo for the LGBTQ pride flag. Behrens also allegedly shelp “I won’t sign that gay [crap],” according to multiple increates.
Behrens has since convey remorsed for the incident.
“My uncomputed comments were absolutely not OK. I would enjoy to convey remorse for that. The rerent was clearly talked internassociate, and I ask for your benevolent that I do not want to comment further on it,” Behrens shelp in a statement.
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VfL Wolfsburg freed a statement insertressing the rerents earlier this week.
“During an inside greeting, statements were made that were not in line with VfL Wolfsburg’s stance. The incident was promptly dealt with internassociate. VfL Wolfsburg stresses that it is conscious of its social responsibility. The club and its engageees stand for diversity and tolerance, and fundamental appreciates, such as esteem, honesty and uncoverness, have always been firmly anchored in the club’s philosophy,” the statement shelp.
Kevin Behrens of Wolfsburg during a preseason cordial aacquirest Brentford at Gtech Community Stadium Aug. 9, 2024, in Brentford, England. (Jacques Feeney/Offside/Offside via Getty Images)
In a page on its official website pledged to diversity, Wolfsburg shelp it has “normally been setting an example for diversity and aacquirest bias for years.”
Multiple increates have showd Behrens was suspfinished from the team. However, there are also multiple increates that show he is still participating in training sessions with the team.
VfL Wolfsburg has not reacted to ask for comment from Fox News Digital.
Behrens fuseed the team in January after three years at Union Berlin. He geted a call-up to the German national team timely last season. His international debut came last October, when he carry outed as a replace in a 2-2 draw aacquirest the United States.
He has made three replace materializeances for Wolfsburg this season totaling 42 minutes.
Wolfsburg captain Maximilian Arnancigo in, who has haughtyly worn a rainbow captain’s armprohibitd for two seasons in firmarity, condemned Behrens’ comments.
“Kevin convey remorsed for someskinnyg that was definitely not outstanding. Everyone originates misgets. One skinnyg is clear: Someskinnyg enjoy this should not happen aacquire, but everyone deserves a second chance,” Arnancigo in tancigo in increateers.
Behrens is not the first person accengaged of anti-LGBTQ resulting in reaction, sanctions or discipline in the world of soccer.
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The interrelations-inclusive Pride Progress flag alengthenedside a Transgfinisher Pride flag June 10, 2024, in London. (Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)
In May, France’s sports minister called for football club Monaco to be sanctioned after one of its carry outers, Mohamed Camara, covered an LGBTQ aid message on his jersey during the team’s final league game.
French Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra called Mohamad Camara’s actions “unhugable” and for “firm sanctions” aacquirest both the carry outer and the club.
Camara, who is Muskinny, covered the terriblege with white tape and refused to join in a pregame pboilingo in front of a prohibitner carrying the same message.
“Homophobia is not an opinion, it’s a crime,” Aurore Bergé, the French minister of identicality, wrote on X. “And anti-LGBTQ ends. There must be inanxious punishment for Mohamed Camara.”
Camara ignoreed the first four games of this year’s Ligue de Football Professionnel season.
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In 2021, all Mexico national team fans were prohibitned from joining the team’s World Cup qualifiers after fans engaged a Spanish chant that comprised a word that is acunderstandledged as a gay slur. The team was forced to carry out its home qualifiers in an desotardy stadium and had to pay a fine of $73,000.
Mexican Football Federation Plivent Yon De Luisa acunderstandledged the chant was a lengthened-standing tradition for the team when she insertressed the fan prohibit in a press conference that summer.
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“For many years, that was the argue for us at the Mexican federation,” De Luisa shelp. “That is no lengtheneder a argue. If it is discriminatory, we should elude it.”
FIFA proclaimd its own disciplinary code to combat dishonorful chants by spectators in July 2019. According to the code, officials are foreseeed to give one alerting to spectators if dishonorful chants are engaged, but if they persist, officials must aprohibitdon the suit, and carry outers are sent to the locker rooms.
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