Hertha sack goalkeeping coach over comments on migration, homosexuals


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Bundesliga - Hertha BSC Photo Call - Schenckendorffplatz, Berlin, Germany - July 19, 2019 Hertha BSC's goalkeeper coach Zsolt Petry poses. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Hertha Berlin on Tuesday sacked their goalkeeping coach Zsolt Petry over comments he made about migrants and homosexuals days ago in a Hungarian newspaper.

Hertha said while they were satisfied with the work of former Hungary international Petry, his comments went against the club's positions on tolerance and diversity.

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