FA investigating Wigan owner Whelan's remarks


Wigan Athletic's chairman and owner Dave Whelan smiles before his team's English FA Cup quarter final soccer match against Manchester City at the Etihad stadium in Manchester, northern England, March 9, 2014. REUTERS/Phil Noble

LONDON (Reuters) - The English FA is looking into remarks made by Wigan Athletic owner Dave Whelan despite his apology for apparently insulting Jewish and Chinese people in a newspaper interview.

The FA has also confirmed its inquiry into offensive remarks made by Malky Mackay, who Whelan has just appointed as Wigan manager, is ongoing.

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