Northern Ireland took Kyle Lafferty out of its squad Friday for Nations League games after a video on social media appeared to show the veteran striker use a sectarian slur against Celtic. The Northern Irish soccer federation said it was “aware of a social media video” circulating which it noted Lafferty’s Scottish club Kilmarnock was investigating. Lafferty, who played for Celtic’s city rival Rangers in two spells, was then heard using an expletive and derogatory term for Catholics and Irish nationalists. Northern Ireland hosts Kosovo on Saturday and plays at Greece on Tuesday. ___More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsThis story was originally published September 23, 2022 7:09 AM.

Source: The Herald September 23, 2022 11:39 UTC