FILE PHOTO-HC Donbass player Jalen Smereck is seen during the Hockey Champions League match against HC Rouen Dragons in Rouen, France September 9, 2021. Picture taken September 9, 2021. HC Donbass press service/Handout via REUTERS
KYIV (Reuters) - The former general manager of the Ukrainian Hockey League (UHL) told Reuters on Friday he was sacked for speaking out against racism and not preventing a video of a racist incident being published on the league's official website.
The video shocked the global hockey community this week in which a player in the UHL mimed peeling and eating a banana in a gesture directed towards a Black player during a match.
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