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UEFA agrees tougher sanctions on racism

The executive will also propose to their annual Congress in London on Friday that all their 53 national associations adopt the same sanction, although the English FA announced last week it would be imposing a minimum five-match ban for racist offences.

UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino told a news conference following the executive meeting in central London that clubs would also face partial closure of stadiums for a first incident of racist abuse by fans and a full closure for a second offence plus a 50,000 euros fine.

"We are sending a very strong message that this kind of behaviour will no longer be tolerated in any form," Infantino said.

"UEFA wants to identify the potential relevance of steroid use across Europe by using data from previous doping controls. The study will be anonymous and there will be no penalties for any player incurring an anti-doping rule violation," he said

UEFA is also empowering itself to take action should one of its member nations fail to punish "or punish in an appropriate manner offences harming the essence of football - notably offences of match-fixing, corruption and doping", he added.

"So, even if we find that a match was fixed 15 years ago, we will take action," Infantino said.