FIFA Questions Russian FA' Inability To Punish Frimpong's Racial Abusers

Emmanuel Frimpong was the victim of a double injustice while playing for Russian side FC Ufa last week.
Firstly, the former Arsenal man was racially abused by the Spartak Moscow fans throughout the opening half hour of the game, who made monkey chants eache time Frimpong touched the ball.

And then when Frimpong understandably reacted to the abuse, he was shockingly sent off, which exposed once again the Russian FA’s willing ignorance of its racism problem.

Frimpong has appallingly been banned for two games by the Russian FA, while the Spartak Moscow fans who racially provoked him have gone completely unpunished.

Russia To Enforce Limit On Foreign Player

A new limit on the number of foreign players allowed in the Russian Premier League is to be introduced, the Russian Football Union (RFU) said on Tuesday. From the new season which starts on Friday teams will be restricted to a limit six foreign players on the pitch at any one time.

"A new scheme was adopted almost unanimously, only one member of the executive committee abstained," acting RFU president Nikita Simonyan told reporters.

Under the old system a maximum of seven foreign players were permitted on the pitch. The RFU announced last year that for the 2015-16 season teams would be allowed to name squads of 25 players, including a maximum of 10 foreigners, and that there would be no limit on how many foreigners could be on the pitch.

RUSSIA: Fabio Capello Leaves On Mutual Agreement

The Russian Football Union (RFS) has confirmed Fabio Capello's contract as national team coach has been terminated by mutual consent. The Russia Football Union (RFS) confirmed on Tuesday that it had come to a "mutual agreement" with Capello to terminate his contract.

Capello's deal had been due to run until the end of the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia, but ends with the national team struggling to qualify for Euro 2016 and the RFS having found it difficult to pay his wages in recent times.

It was reported in February that Arsenal shareholder Alisher Usmanov had stepped in with an emergency loan to enable the RFS to pay Capello 400million roubles (£3.9m) in backdated wages.