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Two men handed football bans after England fans' Nazi salute at the World Cup

A video showedf a group of men singing antisemitic songs and performing Nazi salutes in a Russian bar

June 26, 2018 16:27
The video shows England fans giving the Nazi salute in a pub in Volgograd
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Two men have been banned from football for three years each after a video surfaced of England fans singing antisemitic songs and performing Nazi salutes at the World Cup in Russia.

District Judge Charlotte Holland branded the conduct of David Batty, 58, and Michael Burns, 52, “disgraceful” on Tuesday.

Mr Batty, from Doncaster, and Mr Burns, from Cleveland, accepted the banning orders at Leeds Magistrates’ Court.

The men are forbidden from being within a two-mile radius of any England matches until 2021.