UEFA investigate sectarian claims against Rangers

0 Comments | AFP, March, 2007

GLASGOW (AFP) — Rangers face an anxious wait to see if they will be charged by UEFA over alleged sectarian chanting by sections of their support during a UEFA Cup tie against Spaniards Osasuna.

UEFA have confirmed they are aware of allegations about the chanting and have started gathering evidence.

The news comes hot on the heels of reports that a video posted on the internet shows supporters apparently singing a sectarian song in the El Sadar stadium after Wednesday's match.

Rangers have already been fined 13,000 pounds (25,000 dollars) by UEFA last May for discriminatory chanting during a Champions League tie against Villarreal.

A UEFA spokesman said: "We have been made fully aware of the situation. Rangers have some history regarding this and that...

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