
Lithuanian basketball club punished for displaying Nazi symbols during match with Olympiacos
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Basketball club Kaunas Zalgiris played a match against Olympiacos at the end of September, during which fans displayed a banner with a swastika.
The Lithuanian basketball club Kaunas Zalgiris received a fine of 30 thousand euros from the Euroleague due to the image of a swastika on a fan banner.
A swastika was seen on a fan's poster during a match against Olympiacos in late September.
The Euroleague intends to take stricter measures if such incidents recur, including possibly limiting the number of spectators at the match.
MOSCOW, October 9 – RIA Novosti. The Lithuanian basketball club Kaunas Zalgiris received a fine of 30 thousand euros from the Euroleague because of the image of a swastika on the banner of its fans, reports the Lithuanian news portal Delfi.
“The Kaunas Zalgiris basketball club received a large financial fine of 30 thousand euros from the Euroleague because of its fans. The Kaunas club was punished because during a match against Olympiacos at the end of September, a swastika was depicted on a large fan poster in the lower corner,” the report says.
It is clarified that last week, attentive basketball fans, looking through the photo galleries of Zalgiris and Olympiacos, published on September 29, noticed a small swastika drawn in the corner of the banner raised by the fans. In early October, the club contacted law enforcement agencies. The police told Delfi that they would continue their investigation based on the information collected, as, according to Lithuanian law, the distribution or display of symbols of the Nazi regime is prohibited.
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