Chelsea to consider sending racist fans to Auschwitz - reports


(Reuters) - Chelsea are considering sending racist supporters on trips to the Nazi death camp Auschwitz to tackle anti-Semitism at the club.

British newspaper The Sun reported Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich, who is Jewish, has spearheaded the new initiative which will offer the fans the chance to attend education courses at the camp in Poland where the Nazis murdered more than 1.1 million people, 90 percent of them Jews.

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