Hearts have apologised to former striker Isma Goncalves and promised to ban and report to police any fans found guilty of racially abusing the Portuguese frontman. The 26-year-old left Hearts last month after clinching a £350,000 switch to Uzbekistan outfit Pakhtakor Tashkent. Isma Goncalves. "There were some people making racist comments to me in the stadium and my family did not feel okay about this. Now Hearts chiefs have promised to take action against anyone found to be engaging in discriminatory behaviour after offering a full apology to Goncalves.

Source: Evening echo February 14, 2018 15:56 UTC