By AFPMore by this AuthorLONDONA Manchester City supporter has received a five-year ban from football matches after racially abusing Raheem Sterling. The defendant, from Bradley Street, Bradford, West Yorkshire, pleaded guilty in September to causing racially aggravated intentional harassment, alarm or distress. On Friday, he was sentenced at Manchester Magistrates' Court and also ordered to complete 200 hours of community service and pay £170 court costs. AdvertisementThe ban comes in the midst of a growing trend of footballers being racially abused by fans. Last season a banana was thrown at Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang by a Tottenham fan, while Sterling was subjected to alleged racist abuse in a match at Chelsea.

Source: Daily Nation January 10, 2020 18:11 UTC