Levante draws with La Coruna in the Spanish League

Toulouse defeated its host Le Mans 3-0, on Friday, in the opening of the seventh round of the French League.

Canadian Jason Roy scored the first goal in the 46th minute, then Norwegian Aaron Donum added a second goal in the 59th minute, and Danish Casper Tingsted scored the third goal in the 87th minute.

This victory raised Toulouse's score to 9 points in seventh place, which is the team's second victory this season, while Le Mans has 6 points, placing it in 15th place, on goal difference from Marseille 14th, before the end of the round.

In the next round, Toulouse will host Troyes on October 24, while Le Mans will visit Auxerre the next day.

Eintracht Frankfurt defeated its guest, Cologne, 1-0, on Friday, in the sixth round of the German League.

Younes Ibn Talib scored the only goal of the match for Frankfurt in the 77th minute.

Frankfurt raised its score to eight points in eighth place, on goal difference behind Werder Bremen, who is in seventh place, and Augsburg, who is in sixth place in the competition standings.

On the other hand, Cologne's score froze at seven points in eleventh place, on goal difference behind Elfersberg, which is in tenth place, and Mainz, which is in ninth place.

The Appeals Committee of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) rejected the appeal submitted by the Spanish Federation against a penalty issued against the national team due to racist chants during a friendly match against Egypt last March, according to what the local federation announced on Friday.

During the match that was held at Cornea Stadium, the home of Espanyol Barcelona, ​​on March 31, some fans chanted, “Anyone who does not jump is a Muslim.”

On August 4, three weeks after Spain won the 2026 World Cup, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee imposed a fine of $20,000 (17,800 euros) and the closure of at least 15 percent of the stadium’s capacity during the next friendly match that La Roja will play at home.

The Spanish Federation reiterated that this violating behavior “was monitored through the Federation’s monitoring systems,” noting that messages were sent to the fans asking them to stop chanting, between halftime and during the second half, in addition to displaying alerts on the giant screens in the stadium.

He also stressed his full cooperation to help identify those responsible for these chants, and that he will appeal the decision before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

International striker Lamine Jamal (19 years old), the star of Barcelona, ​​the local rival of Espanyol, and who comes from a suburb close to the Cornia Stadium, described the chants at the time as “disrespectful and intolerable.”

Spain coach Luis de la Fuente also considered the chants “unacceptable.”

The 65-year-old Spanish coach said after the match: “Some violent individuals take advantage of football to impose themselves. “They need to be kept away from society, identified, and the further away they are, the better.”

The Egyptian Football Association issued a statement expressing its “strong condemnation of the hateful racist incident” committed by some fans who “exceeded all limits.”