FILE PHOTO: HC Donbass player Jalen Smereck in action during Ukrainian Hockey Championship match against HC Kramatorsk in Kramatorsk, Ukraine October 2, 2021. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) will assess the need for harsher sanctions in response to a racist incident in Ukraine and plans to pressure leagues around the world to amend their rule books to define sanctions for racist behaviour, the new IIHF president said.
Luc Tardif took office as head of the IIHF a day before the hockey world was rattled by footage of Andriy Deniskin, a forward at HC Kremenchuk in the Ukrainian Hockey League (UHL), taunting HC Donbass defenceman Jalen Smereck, who is Black, by pretending to peel and eat a banana.
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