NYON (Switzerland): UEFA fined England a record 150,000 Swiss francs (US$110,600) yesterday for the racist abuse and crowd trouble at a Euro 2004 qualifier against Turkey last month.
But Europe’s ruling body stopped short of ordering England to play their next game in an empty stadium, a move that could have cost the cash-strapped English Football Association (FA) up to £2mil (US$3.22mil).
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