黒人選手を人種差別、同僚が出場停止に　伊ラグビー

【パリＡＦＰ＝時事】ラグビーイタリア代表で出場経験を持つ黒人選手のＰＲシェリフ・トラオレがチームメートからクリスマスプレゼントとして腐ったバナナをもらう人種差別を受けた問題で、同国ラグビー連盟（ＦＩＲ）は２２日、所属チームのベネトン・トレビーゾが選手１人（名前は非公表）に出場停止処分を科したことを発表した。（写真は、試合に臨むシェリフ・トラオレ〈左〉）
　ギニア出身で２８歳のトラオレは、２０日に行われたチームメートとの「シークレットサンタ（ランダムで決まった別の参加者に匿名でプレゼントを贈るゲーム）」で、問題のバナナを受け取った。
　ＦＩＲは、競技の価値と名声を守るべく、集団と個人の責任だけでなく、事実を確認するために必要な調査を開始したと発表。さらに調査の間、トレビーゾが念のための措置として、所属選手１人を出場停止にすることを決めたと明かした。
　前日にコメントを発表したトレビーゾは、あらゆる人種差別や差別を非難すると表明。チーム全体がクラブ幹部との話し合いに呼ばれ、全選手がトラオレに謝罪したと説明している。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2022/12/23-22:24）

The Italian Rugby Federation (FIR) said on Thursday that Treviso have suspended an unnamed player after black prop Cherif Traore received a rotten banana as a Christmas gift in a race row which has also prompted a formal investigation.
Traore, a 28-year-old Italian international, who was born in Guinea, was given the present on Tuesday during a Secret Santa exchange, a game where individuals buy presents that are then distributed anonymously.
The FIR informs that the Federal Prosecutor has launched the investigations necessary to ascertain the facts, as well as the collective and individual responsibilities, to protect the founding values and reputation of the game, the body said.
Benetton Rugby has simultaneously decided to suspend one of its members as a precaution, for the entire duration of the investigations by the Public Prosecutor's Office, it added.
Treviso, backed by clothing company Benetton, face fellow Italians Zebre Parma in the United Rugby Championship (URC) this weekend.
Earlier on Thursday, the URC had asked Treviso to provide a report on the abhorrent racism suffered by Traore.
England prop Ellis Genge, who captained his country in the summer of 2021, slammed the incident with the Six Nations tournament running a 'Rugby Against Racism' campaign for the past two years.
No well done, absolutely right, 'gifting' a 'team mate' a rotten banana for secret Santa is not a big deal and a simple apology will suffice!, he tweeted.
If there is no further action on this from Benetton then everything we've done for 'rugby against racism' has been a tick box for most.
In an initial statement, Treviso said it condemned all forms of racism and discrimination.
They later said the whole team had been called to a meeting with top executives, who repeated their condemnation of racism, and all the players apologised to 16-time international Traore.