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FA find no evidence of San Marino racism

The FA began an inquiry following the match on March 22 after Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) contacted world football's ruling body citing English fans for singing a racist song aimed at brothers Rio and Anton Ferdinand.

If FIFA were to uphold FARE's complaints, England could be ordered to play behind closed doors.

Bevington told Sky Sports: "Our security officers have gone through all the evidence which has been recorded and they cannot find or identify any individuals or groups chanting racist abuse.

"Quite clearly people have acted in good faith in reporting this and we are not disputing or refuting the reports, but we have found no evidence of racist chanting by our fans at the match."

In that statement Bevington continued: "We continue to work hard to ensure that any individual who did chant anything of a racist nature in San Marino is identified and, if proven, appropriate action will be taken. Therefore we continue to review our video footage from the fixture.

"Both FARE and members of the media have a duty to report such matters, and we fully support them in their right to do so."

FIFA is obliged to investigate FARE's complaints and if it decides any chanting or singing was racist England could be punished heavily.